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Steven Pinker Dialogue
The Munk Debates Podcast
I'm Not a Fan of the Tecukie Theories, but I Think They're a Bit Out of Touch With Reality
There's an element of self interest here. People aren't just running off and believing in cuanon or that the world is flat. We're extracting something from this behavior that's important to us, that's advancing our interests. This was a a really interesting thought. It kind of helped me understand why we do what we do. The idea that you should only believe things that you can prove to be true when it comes to most people. But psychologically, that's not the way people naturally work. You can believe anything you want, but you don't have the right to turn your hatred into a factual claim. If you and i believe that n there's a sense in which we
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