Cults and totalitarian regimes require you to hold certain key beliefs that are manifestly absurd -- not because the belief itself matters, but because believing it serves as a litmus test. If you express belief in an absurdity, that makes you a faithful who can be relied upon.
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Eventually, yes
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The ultimate hack. Having you do something you think you are doing because its aligned with your beliefs but without questioning the beliefs on one hand and on the other the complexity of systemic effects of your activity.
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"Try examining your nonsensical beliefs one by one, and asking yourself where they came from" Not an easy task. Everybody holds some beliefs that they are not aware of. Specially wrt why their values are "the right values". Thread:https://twitter.com/Prigoose/status/1086702315459858432?s=19 …
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My most absurd belief is, that I know enough to be able to reliably predict the future and understand complex systems well enough to proscribe their use to others. However it is the best I have to work with.
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"prescribe".
Well actually either is problematic.
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In India we hv many, to give an ex : we hv these saying frm a lady frm 12th century AD, called 'Khona'..one goes 'if you are starting a journey, start on the Wednesday, go wherever you want, you will be successful'..
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Very wise and well phrased. This point would help when I see others repeat lines from an authoritarian regime. I've heard academics from China call for a "scientific approach" to assessing their "reeducation" camps, as if journalists would just make it up. https://www.economist.com/briefing/2018/05/31/china-has-turned-xinjiang-into-a-police-state-like-no-other …
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Damnit, I knew those bayesians were up to something!
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