The only way to mitigate the effects of tribalism is to avoid tribes; & if you want to avoid tribes, you've got to distance yourself from people with whom you agree; & engage with people with whom you disagree.
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Coyne isn't wrong here. But again, the phenomenon he's describing did not originate with social media, & very conveniently he didn't notice it when he was - in the past - among the perpetrators: https://whyevolutionistrue.wordpress.com/2018/01/12/pinkergate-the-last-word/ …
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Here's a rule of thumb for Twitter. one-third of your tweets should be rebarbative to two-thirds of your audience.
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Oh, and one other thing - right now there's a pile on against P. Z. Myers. If you think pile ons are bad, then you shouldn't join in.
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The thing about pile ons is everybody thinks theirs is righteous. But human beings are really, really bad at distancing themselves from the seductions of their in-group, so we shouldn't trust our judgements.
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There are some solid comments on that post, too.
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