@paulg psych folks call this cognitive dissonance, I believe.
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@ThatMightBePaul@paulg Cognitive dissonance happens when a new cognition is in contradiction with established ones. Then it hurts.
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@paulg So close, and yet so far from Fitzgerald's test for a "first-rate mind" :) -
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@KevinSimler@paulg ... and the least ideological person you could come across
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@paulg@PeterDYoung The object of life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@paulg interestingly, F. Scott Fitzgerald used almost the same language but deemed this "the test of a first rate intelligence."Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@paulg eh what does "an ideology" even mean here? doesn't everyone have them? doesn't everyone have some contradictory beliefs?Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@paulg what do you meanThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@paulg Believing contradictory things is useful. Not just for dogma, but psychological resilience. E.g. Naive confidence and cold criticismThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@paulg have you read@SamHarrisOrg 's writings on this?Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@paulg Confirmation bias is seldom recognized during self-evaluationThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@paulg and yet a foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds (Emerson)Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@paulg I believe that to believe is an ideology- pun intendedThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@paulg example?Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@paulg but isn't decisions whether things are mutually contradictory subjective?Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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