@paulg It's simple, really: Prioritizing personal beliefs over observable facts is a core characteristic of all forms of extremism.
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@cperciva True, but usually the left and right pick different observable facts to ignore. - 1 more reply
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@paulg go far enough left or right and you get backwardsThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@paulg "Denial of evolution" basically = "civilization" Tech, politics, edu, society, hygiene, architecture → anti-natural selection.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@paulg politics like life and almost anything of human thought is an expanding circle slowing rotating through time.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@paulg they actually wrap around and agree on a lot of things, hate the government, big business etc.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@paulg I think indoctrinated people of any ideology will oppose science often..which flourishes on challenging authorityThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@paulg please elaborateThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@paulg@justinkan denial and ideology go hand-in-hand -
@nbashaw@paulg@justinkan and extremes can't act w/o each other
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@paulg If the political spectrum were a geometric shape, what would it look like? Lines can be closed or open...Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@paulg to the right it precludes divinity, to the left it precludes utopian malleability of human natureThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@paulg God made the earth not evolution periodThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@paulg Not so curious once you've read The Righteous Mind. The world looks different when you're neither right nor left.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@paulg Not simply extremes but moderates - look at race differences beyond the most obvious. It's unthinkable for most that there are any.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@paulg happens often that two extreme positions are the same thing in practice.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@paulg the political map should be wrapped on a sphere. That would reveal how both extremes are actually close to each other.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@paulg not just evolution, but science and scientific method generally.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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