Crony Beliefs — new Melting Asphalt post on epistemic legitimacy vs. epistemic corruption http://www.meltingasphalt.com/crony-beliefs/
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a belief with "no" pragmatic implications is meritorious if derived from principles and observations rather than social osmosis
i see your point, but the problem is that "principles" and "observations" often bend to social incentives.
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it *feels* like you're thinking meritoriously, but that's your crony brain playing tricks on you (cf. motivated reasoning etc).
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you'd be right if you said this to anyone else. don't underestimate me
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