These attitudes are favorable to argumentative goals but actually detrimental to epistemic goals. This is particularly evident in decision-making. Reasoning appears to help people little when deciding; it directs people to the decisions that will be easily justified, not to the best decisions!
I’m sure this must have been stated before this post or probably already well known in these whereabouts, but this is just a brilliant and highly useful insight.
I’m sure this must have been stated before this post or probably already well known in these whereabouts, but this is just a brilliant and highly useful insight.