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On Communities of Knowledge, Virtue Signalling, & Sacred Values vs. Consequences with Steven A. Sloman (Author of 'The Knowledge Illusion')

Scaling Knowledge

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The Information Deficit Model and the Education System

There's also very productive sort of similar virtue signaling. For example, if I'm virtue signaling that I'm reading your book, that's probably a virtuous thing. Everybody should read my book, absolutely. And then another interesting point you point out is the information deficit model,. which is how I guess government agencies, politicians try to solve certain problems. Would you explain what the information deficitmodel is and also how does it relate to our education system?

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