Too many people have peed in the pool

Re:Too many people have peed in the pool by hueving on Monday February 15, 2016 @04:21PM (#11106092)

If the average person is completely shielded from any kind of discourse surrounding their beliefs, society will suffer. Echo chambers are the main reason politics in the US have become a complete disaster. When you hear the other side's point of view presented by your side, it's going to be biased and will just reinforce your own beliefs.

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Re:Too many people have peed in the pool by Natsu on Monday February 15, 2016 @06:03PM (#11106732)

As evidence of this, think of how many people think that $other_party wants to "destroy America" in some form. Cue (and possibly queue) commenters saying "but $x really does want that!"

I've found that people who claim to know the other side's motivations are projecting for the most part. I catch myself doing it too. Being more aware of bias does not make one less susceptible to it, unfortunately. If anything, it tends to bring overconfidence regarding it :/

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Re:Too many people have peed in the pool by tormeh on Tuesday February 16, 2016 @01:04PM (#11111811)

I've realized that Americans are uniquely patriotic, but to wildly different countries whose only common trait are their borders.

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