Poetry
Poetry is born of insufficiency.
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When we affirm each other’s 'right' to believe things—even things that fly in the face of evidence—we essentially decouple critical thinking and belief revision. This damages the norm that keeps minds tethered to reality. A Canadian research team recently made an important discovery: when people lose the 'meta-belief' that beliefs should change in response to evidence, they become more susceptible to conspiracy theories, paranormal beliefs, science denial and extremism—mind viruses, if you will. This is a critical finding. I like to put it more simply: the idea that beliefs should yield to evidence is the linchpin of the mind’s immune system: remove it—or even chip away at it—and an Internet-connected mind will eventually be overrun by mind parasites. When this happens to enough minds, all hell breaks loose.
—Andy Norman
—Andy Norman
Sunday, October 08, 2023
