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Re:Preliminary Theory of the In-Group Contrarian by mc32 on Sunday June 21, 2020 @11:01PM (#23597072)
Whether it exists in online communities or IRL IGC are important in order to keep ideology honest, even if the IGC is dishonest.

It’s important that the ideas that convince people into following some behavior have the ideas checked for errors.

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Re:Preliminary Theory of the In-Group Contrarian by seven4 on Sunday June 21, 2020 @11:21PM (#23597123)
Yep - I can definitely agree with the need for checks/balances.

I was just fascinated to find this implicit bias in my "starting point" and wondered if others had a similar or different experience

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