Submitting to the social rules of rationality (as with rules in general) is low-status; claiming the right to believe (or generally do) whatever you want is high-status.
Apparent counterexample: high status (at least nominally) assigned to religious elites subject to strict rules of behavior.
Submitting to the social rules of rationality (as with rules in general) is low-status; claiming the right to believe (or generally do) whatever you want is high-status.
Apparent counterexample: high status (at least nominally) assigned to religious elites subject to strict rules of behavior.