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“... naive realism, the tendency to believe that the other side is wrong simply because they are misinformed.” https://t.co/xZ14xETquv
"our political passions can even undermine our very basic reasoning skills." https://t.co/Q21afjdzeO https://t.co/7pAKwUW9nM
"illusion of asymmetrical insight clouds your ability to see the people you disagree with as nuanced and complex." https://t.co/i5CA8nG02C
"To put it bluntly, this is bad news for survey research, but good news for democracy"https://t.co/O2CECoiWpo https://t.co/o6unI9nPHJ
Could neural-tribes be a component of liberal and conservative separation?https://t.co/Ze1FVKBASA via @autonomike https://t.co/kDieTcx5BA
"...politicians have sought to harness the science of disgust to their own advantage."https://t.co/2P1fa6aG1u https://t.co/dPfPwg2l6b
"our moral instincts generally evolved to play larger "games of life", […] our default behavior is very different."https://t.co/0dpybZR7nO https://t.co/yIGAql86q6
"Self-modification is always a risk in game theory situations."https://t.co/VhTA1uirWS https://t.co/e55GKfftVF
Cognitive Bias?"It takes a certain amount of self-discipline to keep self-deception from becoming a hindrance"https://t.co/7uqiHffXUv https://t.co/LFYu6bUT2R
Do you position yourself so you can genuinely & honestly ask them "how"? Sincere curiosity is a powerful tool. https://t.co/eGp3iV1G6F https://t.co/vZLspGfr84
... Sincere curiosity is a powerful tool.https://t.co/G8dQIpCsj5 (via @Tipsycaek ) https://t.co/rLqdiKWi48
"Ecologically rational decision rules adapted to such environments can lead to apparently maladaptive behaviour" https://t.co/wJAxPfBUJ1 https://t.co/ns3x3OAT1K
Why be empathetically curious? "And yet if our political opponents are simply perceiving the world differently..."https://t.co/umyQazekA0 https://t.co/Ba4rS1aAlo
De-otherise the outgroup? "think about what they care about and make arguments that embrace their principles."https://t.co/4tAW5ngJdu https://t.co/Xj18vUyhYf
"the culture being conveyed is less a specific behavior or skill than a global code of conduct."https://t.co/pDGiRGDXyW
What even is belief anyway?Do some people have a brain wired for tendency toward partisan/"ideological derping"?https://t.co/isTyRnQ2eX https://t.co/a55Ipxlpja
Herds need leaders - those who can think outside of pack norms to help avoid black swans and death spirals. But...https://t.co/YlpKBlZEEZ https://t.co/2J6TGeR8wX
Minimum viable ideology:https://t.co/tMWUFMnacF https://t.co/nQ1bbbys6G
If you can't laugh with the outgroup against your own ingroup, how are you ever going to change their minds?https://t.co/IlWs3d8qUq
Everything I've ever read on wise people thru the ages suggests they:1) Curious.2) Enjoyed making others laugh.https://t.co/iO8y5g0Zjc
Is war on drugs actually a deeply rooted ingroup-outgroup divide? This study expands upon the disgusting image one.https://t.co/JnqjWLgZFo https://t.co/qClnQ4oRjp
Personality factor seems to also hold for other drugs.https://t.co/FWznuBwv87 https://t.co/TABA1sRgsb
A quick skim thru Ahn's corpus suggests findings in alingment with my studies on gene/personality correlations. whoahttps://t.co/FIhihK7Nxv
Yet another reason why I think being able to continuously test cortisol levels would be useful from #quantifiedselfhttps://t.co/TIypguwHWT https://t.co/OVZEMESdnm
Oh hey, that D4 gene related to imprinting seems to be associated with political leanings (with some caveats).https://t.co/wArk43ki01 https://t.co/UcIDE7CxcF
Strange that genes I'm looking at for alzheimers/autism links also align with political leanings / personality.https://t.co/DEvh8FXzad
Its interesting how differentiation between cells in your body and groups (cells?) of people happen based on "code".https://t.co/hr7hwvuUSQ
Fun: an oft cited study on psychoticism personality associated w/ conservative mindset was in-fact a mistake: https://t.co/VuGkDrMtWU
In other news, I figured out the reason my neurosis score is so low is that I avoid Facebook when I'm feeling off.https://t.co/gWCeMxDfKj
If you're curious, there's a longitudianal study on the relationship between neuroticism trait and mental disorders: https://t.co/j5WZl4RCRN
Look at this [meta-outgroup prophet] spreading propaganda!A radical experiment in empathy. https://t.co/QmTn2ndZ1z
I wear the same size shoes as @zefrankhttps://t.co/auYnLMrZXA
"The fractal nature of your ignorance unfolding endlessly before you." https://t.co/qrVDzsFP2O
When did we stop being curious about other people?https://t.co/iO8y5g0Zjc
For me, I stop sharing because I'm afraid.https://t.co/DsLp10yiBq
I have to constantly remind myself what it means to stay curious - to drive myself out of hiding.https://t.co/Y0CTfZaP3j
It's hard to be creative when I am afraid of the world. Curiosity is my antidote.https://t.co/RUxEWHtrX8
Have you told a story to someone you care about lately?https://t.co/PwJFUXkepI
"Live and heal to thrive again another day."https://t.co/ERHrZYPy4R https://t.co/AGDlN02gUF
Find their pattern, don't assume it. https://t.co/stf8Fsb7JG
"triggered in part by strangers on Twitter who showed me the power of engaging the other."https://t.co/KVhFgL4g5Y
"But each group let its own candidate off the hook." [2006]https://t.co/nmcrV0yNdv https://t.co/aVABTD90os
Politics is the mind killer? 🤔https://t.co/CazDZObkEG
"coherent ideology […] compelling message; and clean, fair elections. Our democracy today has none of those…" [2014]https://t.co/nmW0Lh00l5
After watching talk by Drew Weston on political framing of "liberal" - Realized I've been same thing this for years: https://t.co/RcGfFcIgz6
"The field is highly controversial, to say the least."https://t.co/yHSiZgLOQC https://t.co/x4HdEqJ7KM
Will be interesting when these techniques are used to predict some's genetics or social/environmental landscapes.https://t.co/6DkcJG6tMx https://t.co/RRNVZGWCzR
"...spread of moral and political ideas in online social networks, a process we call “moral contagion."https://t.co/0iPmPHep12
That DRD4 gene sure does get around... I wonder what variant I have.https://t.co/G04mjVCInv
Ever wonder why "getting psyched" works? Being angry changes our response to fear/anxiety. "emotions are a tool" 😅https://t.co/oxqmyhCCTw https://t.co/VnjFpvDnxS
Or rather, that bit when Goku goes Super Saiyan by channeling his emotions? Deep life lessons in a children's show 🤓https://t.co/Qf3bgrxXtZ
Disgust response is ever prevalent in our social environment.Hard to see if you don't have normative experiences.https://t.co/TOkBZJPITF https://t.co/AEwl9tocZL
Disgust response to outgroup assoc w/ aversion to people who share incompatible world views.https://t.co/RibK64sdcYhttps://t.co/JMtCIH6iWz https://t.co/U6YTP5ZwlD
Ask me about my poop tunnel theory of human homeostasis and how its relates to bivouac selection process of ants.https://t.co/yanjvSlvj3
Or specifically, how homeostatic responses assoc w/ reparation are intrinsically tied to fear response via amygdala.https://t.co/bWF5NYT5le
Curiosity: systematically understanding the world thru dog farts and frog burps.https://t.co/WKIzfAMgxt
Disgust is a funny thing.https://t.co/utvnlKJxlB
Curiosity is my raison d'etre.https://t.co/161EDsFNY3
Idea is why I strive to seek a 'curiosity' & investigative mindset over 'doubt' mindset when interacting w/ others: https://t.co/DEeHcHfUcs
Creativity, curiosity and civility as an socially learned anti-fragile phenomena?https://t.co/gsF2iuDtXv https://t.co/3bABIEktrk
Maybe it was ingroup/outgroup linguistic divides all along?"the "backfire effect" may be a very rare phenomenon."https://t.co/DQMF3D3OxT
I mean, showing people "facts" from "news" that is dripping w/ outgroup's norms might not be that convincing... 🤔https://t.co/NfqQ3zEBBE
And a lot of that goes away when you coax people into think about it in terms of money.https://t.co/1LqbTu2tag
But maybe that's because the money is coaxing people to change into an ingroup dominance hierarchy pattern? Not surehttps://t.co/TUXL88NMjZ
I wonder if we can teach mice/rats to use money like we did with those monkeys... then we can try this out too: https://t.co/H0DCY9PQ5q
@visakanv It's fascinating. puns seem to be the simplist form, but it holds in more complicated ones also: https://t.co/oou1TcQMTw
@ultimape worth reading: https://t.co/Uulq9D8KtT
@visakanv That's good! I think the ending is a bit off. Theory I found here seems more complete for why we laugh: https://t.co/5caDrd99Ip
@ultimape reminded me of this tweetstorm: https://t.co/TZULl8qwR7