people who are liable to interpret it only as a status move … people who instinctively form conscious models of the world and interpret propositions as propositions and not as social maneuvers
The thing is, most people do both depending on the topic and the context. Exactly the same person who will be unthinkingly tribal with respect to, say, politics, will show amazing abilities to model and reason about the world when the subject switches to his hobby (say, sailing or gardening or BBQ).
The distinction you’re pointing at is not a distinction between people, it’s mostly a distinction between subjects (see e.g. “politics is the mind-killer”).
The thing is, most people do both depending on the topic and the context. Exactly the same person who will be unthinkingly tribal with respect to, say, politics, will show amazing abilities to model and reason about the world when the subject switches to his hobby (say, sailing or gardening or BBQ).
The distinction you’re pointing at is not a distinction between people, it’s mostly a distinction between subjects (see e.g. “politics is the mind-killer”).