“The standard rationalist path is to try to avoid delusion by learning about cognitive biases and logical fallacies, but this can be counter productive. Research suggests that teaching people about misinformation often just causes them to dismiss facts they don’t like as misinformation, while teaching them logic often results in them applying that logic selectively to justify whatever they want to believe.”
This is the research I was planning on talking about. God damn, are we good at rationalization or what?
I think your early point about being willing to learn is spot on. Relatedly, I think trying to give "the other side" as charitable of an interpretation as possible is very important.
To a first approximation, we're probably all wrong about everything, so if you're not updating your views occasionally, that's evidence that your views are probably wrong.
this territory is moderated
Yep - "steal man" the opposing view, try to find what's true instead of what's false, try to find points of agreement... All very important debate and reasoning tactics.
As I say about chess, it's about learning, not winning.
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