Ah, thanks for sharing that! I really loved that article!
I feel like this explains a lot of my interactions with people, where they’ll reject a crazy idea I have (such as that humanity should eventually work to eliminate wild animal suffering), but they won’t really offer a coherent argument against it. It’s as though they have an immune system for crazy beliefs that activates above a certain threshold.
You might also be interested in this old post, tangentially related to this topic https://​​slatestarcodex.com/​​2019/​​06/​​03/​​repost-epistemic-learned-helplessness/​​
Ah, thanks for sharing that! I really loved that article!
I feel like this explains a lot of my interactions with people, where they’ll reject a crazy idea I have (such as that humanity should eventually work to eliminate wild animal suffering), but they won’t really offer a coherent argument against it. It’s as though they have an immune system for crazy beliefs that activates above a certain threshold.