Rinon comments on Argument Screens Off Authority - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Rinon 04 June 2012 03:28:39PM 5 points [-]

I haven't done any studies, but I have a feeling that people attend to authority when it supports their natural biases, and ignore authority when it opposes their natural biases.