Will_Newsome comments on Why some people seem to be proud of their ignorance? - Less Wrong
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It's equivalent to the hypothesis that seeing more evidence is often bad, which is a theme emphasized on LW and in some Abrahamic sects (but only the LW/religious devout take it particularly seriously). Does it show up among normal people as well? In my experience normal people tend to assume that if someone's studied something for a while then that person's opinions are probably worth taking seriously.