Science Banana@literalbanana·Jan 23, 2020Are people silly for not having coherent, non-contradictory beliefs, or is it silly to expect intelligent people to have global, universal, coherent beliefs about messy reality?5871321
Frideswyth@frideswyth·Jan 23, 2020Replying to @literalbananawhats that thing about how you have to present a consistent set of responses in order to seem trustworthy/sane to others?17
Science Banana@literalbanana·Jan 23, 2020Replying to @frideswythI know exactly what you mean and I know there was a specific paper on this but I can’t find it - anyway a general principle!12
Venkatesh Rao@vgrReplying to @literalbananasounds like something that might be covered in @yashkaf predictable identities blogchainribbonfarm.comPredictable IdentitiesA series by Jacob Falkovich.12:01 AM · Jan 24, 20206 Likes