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Breaking the norm of using norms as explanation
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"The concept of social norm is superfluous when causal explanations are available, and it is a mere placeholder when explanations are not available yet. In either case, 'social norm' restates intuitions but fails to illuminate." @dsznycer @TrendsCognSci doi.org/10.1016/j.tics
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Err but we reify them into the causal chain via use as folk explanatory constructs. They’re how prefered explanations are institutionalized. This is like saying a word is unnecessary because we can use its dictionary definition instead.