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> ego getting in the way

That thing which was in fact identified thousands of years ago as the evil to ditch.

> reluctance to change our minds

That is clumsiness in a general drive that makes sense and is recognized part of the Belief Change Theory: epistemic change is conservative. I.e., when you revise a body of knowledge you do not want to lose valid notions. But conversely, you do not want to be unable to see change or errors, so there is a balance.

> it's not "true reasoning"

If it shows not to explicitly check its "spontaneous" ideas, then it is a correct formula to say 'it's not "true reasoning"'.

parent mdp2021 1 year ago

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