As we all know by now, we shouldn’t use cognitive biases as a counterargument against people we disagree with. Either her criticisms are true or they aren’t; whether she is committing motivated cognition is irrelevant.
I agree that she brings up some very important points, and I would be very interested to see them discussed herein.
Well, yes, but in so far as she is an expert in her subfield and some amount of judgement about her as an expert is occurring, that she’s engaging in motivated congnition does become relevant.
As we all know by now, we shouldn’t use cognitive biases as a counterargument against people we disagree with. Either her criticisms are true or they aren’t; whether she is committing motivated cognition is irrelevant.
I agree that she brings up some very important points, and I would be very interested to see them discussed herein.
Well, yes, but in so far as she is an expert in her subfield and some amount of judgement about her as an expert is occurring, that she’s engaging in motivated congnition does become relevant.