Good it worked for you! Obviously, in these circles (LW) there is a bit of selection bias present for basing things on logic, reasoning and epistemology...
Interesting in this respect is Yale’s Cultural Cognition, which tries to identify the
cultural values that influence people’s opinion about controversial matters.
Many (most?) people seem to be quite willing to bend logic and reasoning a bit to arrive at the desired conclusion.
Good it worked for you! Obviously, in these circles (LW) there is a bit of selection bias present for basing things on logic, reasoning and epistemology...
Interesting in this respect is Yale’s Cultural Cognition, which tries to identify the cultural values that influence people’s opinion about controversial matters. Many (most?) people seem to be quite willing to bend logic and reasoning a bit to arrive at the desired conclusion.