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Comment author: ChristianKl 06 December 2014 03:57:33PM 2 points [-]

In many cases people get more confident about their own beliefs if they see errors in other peoples reasoning. That's why smarter Republicans who are better at spotting errors are more likely to be climate skeptics than dumber Republicans.