TFW you have tremendous respect for politicial scientists and politicial science — when you’re impressed by how much the field knows and discovers — but simultaneously think everyone, including yourself, is tragically confused because the system is too large to pin down.
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On the supply side, one has the fact that elites, mass media, etc don't call upon socs, anthros, humanists, geographers, as much as they do econs, psychs & poli scis (in descending order), and, on the demand side, one has the confirmation bias issue.
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YouTubers confirm people's prior biases and intuitions, but veil them as making them smart, or even edgy & renegade. Meanwhile, good social science should do almost the exact opposite--disconfirm said ideas, but in an understandable way.
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