MagnetoHydroDynamics comments on Rationality Quotes August 2012 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: [deleted] 03 August 2012 07:05:44AM 9 points [-]

To me at least, it captures the notion of how the perceived Truth/Falsity of a belief rest solely in our categorization of it as 'tribal' or 'non-tribal': weird or normal. Normal beliefs are true, weird beliefs are false.

We believe our friends more readily than experts.