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My Imaginary GF
Jul 17, 2005

by R. Guyovich
You start by holding weak opinions which are confirmed by your natural disposition. You then construct a narrative in your mind to explain your weak opinions and justify your correct views. This amplifies your belief in your opinions, to the point where contrary evidence reinforces the original opinion.

Eventually, you end with a few hyper-strong opinions on select issues and no opinion on others. Or, you have very strongly held, while also very weak, opinions on all issues and are prone to changing your opinion towards new data when new data cannot be incorporated into your comprehensive worldview.

Simple enough answer?

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My Imaginary GF
Jul 17, 2005

by R. Guyovich

Ytlaya posted:

It kind of depends on the issue. For something like "greatly increase taxes on the rich", for example, the issue actually is really simple and there's a clear right and wrong answer.

You think there's a simple answer to a complex issue. Let me ask you this: How?

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