Uh no, if I’m looking up how to troubleshoot an issue with my computer’s motherboard, I don’t want to be told to slather it in banana pudding just because I like bananas. There ARE things where you can’t “bias” your way out of it, things that are objectively correct and incorrect.
They’re talking about people who believe misinformation or that their opinions and values are (or should be) universal. There is very little critical thinking or empathy from the masses on social media.
What it comes down to is whether holding a particular view has a tangible perceived impact on the person. Situations where people see direct cause and effect are easy for people to reason about. However, when the connection is not clear then it’s much harder for people to tell whether one set of beliefs is more correct than another. In these scenarios people will default to ideas that fit closer with their overall world view.
There’s a thermodynamics aspect to this too. Each idea that a person holds is part of an intricate web of other ideas and concepts that they’ve internalized. Invalidating an idea means reworking the whole graph of ideas associated with it. That takes a lot more energy than simply discarding the idea that doesn’t fit. In absence of some external pressure forcing the person to do this work, the existing beliefs will be generally preferred.
Uh no, if I’m looking up how to troubleshoot an issue with my computer’s motherboard, I don’t want to be told to slather it in banana pudding just because I like bananas. There ARE things where you can’t “bias” your way out of it, things that are objectively correct and incorrect.
They’re talking about people who believe misinformation or that their opinions and values are (or should be) universal. There is very little critical thinking or empathy from the masses on social media.
There are still people who believe the world is flat.
The things you believe are objectively correct and incorrect are not the same for everyone.
That is the problem,
Reality is not the same for everyone and many people believe they have the right to enforce their version of reality on others.
Are you being intentionally obtuse?
What it comes down to is whether holding a particular view has a tangible perceived impact on the person. Situations where people see direct cause and effect are easy for people to reason about. However, when the connection is not clear then it’s much harder for people to tell whether one set of beliefs is more correct than another. In these scenarios people will default to ideas that fit closer with their overall world view.
There’s a thermodynamics aspect to this too. Each idea that a person holds is part of an intricate web of other ideas and concepts that they’ve internalized. Invalidating an idea means reworking the whole graph of ideas associated with it. That takes a lot more energy than simply discarding the idea that doesn’t fit. In absence of some external pressure forcing the person to do this work, the existing beliefs will be generally preferred.