Dan Kahan @cult_cognition writes usefully about belief-as-tribal-membership-signaling, e.g. http://www.culturalcognition.net/blog/2015/9/14/is-the-unreal-at-least-sometimes-rational-and-the-rational-a.html …
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The “folk theory of belief” (INCLUDING Bayesian versions) actively impedes understanding why people “don’t believe”in evolution/vaccines/etc
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Kahan explains how misapplying Kahneman’s System 1/2 model leads to misunderstanding quasi-religious beliefs (GMO risk, etc).
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It’s people BEST at rationality (System 2) who “believe” most strongly their tribal commitments, cuz they’re better at rationalizing them.
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@Meaningness Doesn't this mean they're actually unaware of their impulses?1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
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@jajaranza well, they are aware of what they “ought” to believe, and find rational reasons to believe that
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