don't get that you can't generalize about groups from their worst members. This is kindergarten stuff. So, they must get it but...
but it's a rare bird who's aware they're refusing to question a thing because it'd make them unable to mouth shibboleths
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I think at some level people know "I'm saying this because it's required for social standing in my group"
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i really don't think so honestly, i think they're mostly saying what feels right and good
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which they have been conditioned to feel that way about using social standing in their group as carrot and stick
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I think our only difference might be that I think this system is very old, and part of human wiring, not artificial.
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every point i'm arguing with you on is one where you're attributing conditioned behavior to consciousness
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there's also the point that I'm saying I think the behavior is somewhat instinctive, not conditioned.
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yeah, probably some prebuilt structure there, doubt it matters, likely that general neural nets would wind up similar
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relates to refusing to admit your doing the thing, or wanting to do it in the face of good reasons why you shouldn't.
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that's the bit that I really wonder, because I doubt that people can really be that unaware.
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