Dan Kahan writes usefully about belief-as-tribal-membership-signaling, e.g. culturalcognition.net/blog/2015/9/14
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The “folk theory of belief” (INCLUDING Bayesian versions) actively impedes understanding why people “don’t believe”in evolution/vaccines/etc
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One of my bigger interests now. Independently reached same conclusion, and is part of why I don't trust LWers' thinking
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. Playing "cognitive bias whack-a-mole" while missing this sort of collective tribal error is penny wise pound foolish turf
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Yes; is on my queue to write about. Like everything else under the sun.
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hehe, bet I'll beat you to it :D. Unless you delegate it to in which case she'll likely beat me to it

