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Re:George Orwell’s 1984 through a neuroscience lens by ukj on Sunday December 13, 2020 @11:59AM (#25407962)
I am able to see both Orwell’s tyranny AND Huxley’s tyranny.

If I frame all dysfunctional human interactions through the lens of “tyranny” then I see “tyranny” everywhere.

That is how all confirmation biases works. That is why they are all uninteresting.

Falsifying one’s own biases is much more fun...

The world today is less tyrannical (as per Orwell’s concept) than it was when he was alive. Only when you ignore all moral progress do you get to paint contemporary society with Orwell’s brush.

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Re:George Orwell’s 1984 through a neuroscience lens by mistermann on Sunday December 13, 2020 @12:45PM (#25408376)
Might there be some confirmation bias at work here?
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Re:George Orwell’s 1984 through a neuroscience lens by ukj on Sunday December 13, 2020 @01:18PM (#25408695)
Might you be responding to half of my post?
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Re:George Orwell’s 1984 through a neuroscience lens by mistermann on Sunday December 13, 2020 @03:24PM (#25409869)
Of course ("some")!

The question stands.

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Re:George Orwell’s 1984 through a neuroscience lens by ukj on Monday December 14, 2020 @02:43AM (#25414504)
It stands indeed.

It stands a few lines below the answer.

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Re:George Orwell’s 1984 through a neuroscience lens by mistermann on Wednesday December 16, 2020 @02:47AM (#25440080)
The answer being...?
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Re:George Orwell’s 1984 through a neuroscience lens by ukj on Wednesday December 16, 2020 @05:40AM (#25441067)
>Falsifying one’s own biases is much more fun...

Meaning... Looking for evidence AGAINST the very thing you've convinced yourself of.

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Re:George Orwell’s 1984 through a neuroscience lens by mistermann on Sunday December 20, 2020 @11:03AM (#25487153)
It seems we agree after all.

My mind was attracted to this particular idea: "That is why they are all uninteresting."

I happen to believe that confirmation biases (and their various relatives) are infinitely interesting, and also that there is infinite value in understanding them and their systemic consequences. The irony(?) of the situation is that finding even one individual who shares this belief is exceptionally rare, and I have been through an extremely broad spectrum of communities. This also seems rather interesting as well.

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