billswift comments on Open Thread, August 16-31, 2012 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: billswift 19 August 2012 04:03:52AM 1 point [-]

Humans normally get away with their biases by not examining them closely, and when the biases are pointed out to them by denying that they, personally are biased. Willful ignorance and denial of reality seem to be two of the most common human mental traits.