Re:In 2017, I’m going to stop watching the news
by platz on Saturday December 31, 2016 @01:40PM
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> I don't think the average person actually likes exploring topics in extreme depth to figure out "the truth"
That is because the average person believes they are playing a zero-sum game, in which competition is inescapable
And because each side has a set of values that must be protected, anything that threatens those values needs to be defeated.
Whether the thing threatening the values has an underlying "truth" that matches up with the surface is less relevant.
* EDIT - also, enlightenment-rationalism is a liberal value; just present people the facts, they will reason to the right conclusion (science!)... false — people don't think so literally about things (they think metaphorically); they think inside a frame shaped by the value framework.
That is because the average person believes they are playing a zero-sum game, in which competition is inescapable
And because each side has a set of values that must be protected, anything that threatens those values needs to be defeated.
Whether the thing threatening the values has an underlying "truth" that matches up with the surface is less relevant.
* EDIT - also, enlightenment-rationalism is a liberal value; just present people the facts, they will reason to the right conclusion (science!)... false — people don't think so literally about things (they think metaphorically); they think inside a frame shaped by the value framework.