Hypothesis: people who are extremely orthodox in their opinions will have less of other virtues.
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One of the great appeals of orthodoxy is that you can use it as a substitute for more demanding kinds of virtue, like courage or honesty.
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Religious orthodoxy requires personal sacrifice whereas political orthodoxy does not.
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I disagree. Religious orthodoxy allows for its adherents to avoid thinking through contrary perspectives... Much the same way that political othodoxy does. Not always, but NOT 'BEING ALLOWED TO ASK QUESTIONS' is the main issue in both cases.
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I think instead of a substitute it's a compliment, a compliment to realise the self unto we become ourselves.
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Who is simpleminded enough to mistake orthodoxy for courage or honesty?
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It’s not stupidity so much as indolence
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It’s “going through the motions”, but for morals/thoughts
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Not true. Only if their extreme orthodoxy is used for evil.
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The orthodoxy of geometric growth is particularly pernicious.
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This is also a big difference between being “junior” and “senior” in many areas like design, programming, foundership. Orthodoxy provides structure when one hasn’t yet gained the confidence to tackle problems from first principles.
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For example, a junior founder running the startup circuit will first be orthodox about Lean Startup, attend workshops, read tonnes of books and convince themselves they just need to do things “the right way”. Luckily the rude awakening is forced quickly in entrepreneurship...
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