There's something here abt epistemic distance that doesn't get attention: why do those who chose to believe statistical fantasy cling to it?https://twitter.com/albertocairo/status/858674859722887168 …
Right, I get that. I get the comfort of not wanting to *need* to change; the idea that they are masters of a destiny they choose....
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...but I have family members who are susceptible to this crap; people whose day jobs are applied science. The dissonance grinds so loudly.
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...and I think it's only sustained because it was made a cultural, quasi-faith-based position. Social signaling to others in their in-groups
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