sure, they *know* that X is what Y people are like and it's annoying that you're trying to tell them otherwise
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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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well, i mean, they might just be using entirely different principles from the ones you think are relevant
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like maybe they aren't using "you can't generalize groups from their worst members" at all
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maybe they're using "you shouldn't make generalizations about groups that aren't valid"
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wouldn't that amount to the same thing?
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nope! then it's okay to generalize based on the worst members if their behavior is validly representative of the group
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tbqf if people had to think about it as much as you're assigning to them they wouldn't be nearly so *good* at it
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we're good at pumping our hearts and digesting food, without knowing *how* if you see what I mean
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okay. for some reason it keeps sounding like you're positing people consciously buying into hypocrisy on the topic.
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oh, that I am. But the urge to do the thing isn't conscious. The resistance to 'don't do that' is.
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ahh okay, gotcha. enh, consciousness is just the part of your brain that comes up with a good story for the cops, anyway
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