There's a pretty strong relationship between one's self-image as a dispassionate rational thinker and the degree to which one is susceptible to fall for utterly irrational beliefs that are presented with some sort of scientific veneer
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The side joke is that a self-styled rationalist's primary mechanism for adopting beliefs remains identity reinforcement -- just like everyone else -- rather than the actual rational value of an argument.
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You’ve convinced me!
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We can’t get out of our own way!
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