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    Paul Graham‏Verified account @paulg 26 Jan 2016

    The test of being in the grip of an ideology is when it makes you believe things that are mutually contradictory.

    1:14 PM - 26 Jan 2016
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      2. Paul Burt  🍕‏ @ThatMightBePaul 26 Jan 2016
        Replying to @paulg

        @paulg psych folks call this cognitive dissonance, I believe.

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      3. Franck Bacquet‏ @franck_bacquet 26 Jan 2016
        Replying to @ThatMightBePaul

        @ThatMightBePaul @paulg Cognitive dissonance happens when a new cognition is in contradiction with established ones. Then it hurts.

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      2. Kevin Simler‏ @KevinSimler 26 Jan 2016
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        @paulg So close, and yet so far from Fitzgerald's test for a "first-rate mind" :)

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      3. Enrico‏ @wikipolis 26 Jan 2016
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        @KevinSimler @paulg Of course Fitzgerald was right

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      4. Enrico‏ @wikipolis 26 Jan 2016
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        @KevinSimler @paulg ... and the least ideological person you could come across

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      1. NAALPO‏ @NAALPO 27 Jan 2016
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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.

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      1. Firas Durri‏ @firasd 26 Jan 2016
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        @paulg interestingly, F. Scott Fitzgerald used almost the same language but deemed this "the test of a first rate intelligence."

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      1. Josh Monster-son‏ @JoshMorrison 26 Jan 2016
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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?

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      1. Patrick Renschler‏ @renschler 27 Jan 2016
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        @paulg what do you mean

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      1. BeveledEdge‏ @BeveledEdgeCo 27 Jan 2016
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        @paulg Believing contradictory things is useful. Not just for dogma, but psychological resilience. E.g. Naive confidence and cold criticism

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      1. Dave Craige ⚡️‏ @davecraige 26 Jan 2016
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        @paulg have you read @SamHarrisOrg 's writings on this?

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      1. Luke Brown‏ @Lukester00 26 Jan 2016
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        @paulg Confirmation bias is seldom recognized during self-evaluation

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      1. hughw‏ @hughw 26 Jan 2016
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        .@paulg and yet a foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds (Emerson)

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      1. Paul van Oss‏ @paulvanoss 26 Jan 2016
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        @paulg I believe that to believe is an ideology- pun intended

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      1. Ted Herman‏ @tedherman 26 Jan 2016
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        @paulg Or this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nondualism 

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      1. Matt Russell‏ @mattpublic 26 Jan 2016
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        @paulg example?

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      1. kevin novak‏ @novakkm 26 Jan 2016
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        @paulg but isn't decisions whether things are mutually contradictory subjective?

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