>people in general will say and believe a lot of stupid stuff if it helps their team
It's all about "Motivated Reasoning," a term I learned from Jonathan Haidt.
For things we want to do, we ask ourselves, "how can I?"
For things we don't want to do, we ask, "must I?"
Since I've learned this, about 95% of discussion has been reduced for me. It doesn't make things easier though. It's hard for me to take that so many people are operating in such a biased way.
And it's even harder because it means really thinking through concepts like fairness, immigration, sexism, etc. These are not easy to reason about. And it takes a lot of time.
It's all about "Motivated Reasoning," a term I learned from Jonathan Haidt.
For things we want to do, we ask ourselves, "how can I?"
For things we don't want to do, we ask, "must I?"
Since I've learned this, about 95% of discussion has been reduced for me. It doesn't make things easier though. It's hard for me to take that so many people are operating in such a biased way.
And it's even harder because it means really thinking through concepts like fairness, immigration, sexism, etc. These are not easy to reason about. And it takes a lot of time.