Well, and so it should, right? It should be socially risky; it is expected, and good, that it rubs people the wrong way—because arguing for positions you don’t hold (without disclaimers), and making arguments you personally find unpersuasive, is deceptive and antisocial; it’s a betrayal of cooperative norms.
And so we end up selecting for people who have passionate beliefs that don’t pay any kind of rent whatsoever. Instead of deception, we got dissonance, and I’m not convinced this is better.
And so we end up selecting for people who have passionate beliefs that don’t pay any kind of rent whatsoever. Instead of deception, we got dissonance, and I’m not convinced this is better.
How?