• Cosmic Cleric@lemmy.world
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    8 months ago

    Also, people want to see themselves in an underdog. They want a “good guy” to root for.

    IMO, and having read over all your comments in this thread, and not just the one I’m quoting above, you are too dismissal/simplifying of other people’s intelligence and wisdom.

    Humanity done right is a differential engine, and ignoring a section of the data set because you don’t agree with it does not get you any closer to the truth of things.

    • bouncing@partizle.com
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      8 months ago

      I’m not ignoring anyone. I’m trying to think of a reasonable explanation for people’s incoherence. I think people wanting to root for the underdog really explains a lot of seemingly incoherent beliefs.