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233 | Hugo Mercier on Reasoning and Skepticism
Sean Carroll's Mindscape: Science, Society, Philosophy, Culture, Arts, and Ideas
The Importance of Trust
MCA: Is there some optimistic message here about how given that we did develop reasoning for social reasons and that we're less gullible than some people might have us believe? Can we become even more reasonable by finding people we trust and letting them criticize us or something like that? MCA: I think it's likely that on the whole we tend to be a bit too conservative. There is a big benefit in just trusting people because then you learn more about, you know, whom to trust and who not to trust.
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