Before I can live with other folks I’ve got to live with myself. The one thing that doesn’t abide by majority rule is a person’s conscience. «To Kill a Mockingbird» by Harper Lee Recently “The Psychology Podcast” by Scott Barry Kaufman had Lilliana Mason as guest. She spoke about the political polarization in the US. I’m not in the US, hell, I’m not even an American, but still, my blood did boil during that episode. Enough to leave the following comment on the episode page: Hoi Scott, thank you for this episode. I like episodes that provide me with things I didn’t know, episodes that provide me with different viewpoints (even I don’t adopt them, it’s nice to be able to see issues from different points of view), and episodes that make me more aware about the pitfalls we can all fall into. You’ve done all three of them, and this was mostly the later (sorry, kinda a cheap shot, but yeah, I wouldn’t do it if I did not see the value). But it reminded me of a great caution against confirmation bias by Richard Bradley «… because I was inclined to believe it, I abandoned my critical judgment. [...]
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