I don't need to think myself, the community decided that X is right
This is how I accept 99% of information about the world. I have never seen an atom, never been in Paris, still believe they exist. A community I consider trustworthy about the topic has decided that they exist, and I don't have time to personally verify everything.
Getting more inputs for your independent research is great if you do have time and other resources necessary to do the research. Making the inputs public is also good, because some of the participants may have the time. But inputs without conclusion is still an incomplete work.
Ideally the person leaves with a mind that's more open than when they came.
Is adjusting probabilities towards 50% a good thing?
Is adjusting probabilities towards 50% a good thing?
I don't think that openness is mainly about probabilities but most people are heavily overconfident about most of their political positions so moving the probabilities closer to 50% is a good thing.
The world would be a much better place if more people would respond to Is policy A better than policy B? with I don't know instead of Policy A is better because my tribe says it's better.
...I have never seen an atom, never been in Paris, still believe they exist. A community I consider trustworthy about the
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