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> fairly often it’s obvious that participants in these discussions are searching for arguments to validate pre-held beliefs and policy positions.

This is true of discussion of almost any topic by almost anyone ever.



Yeah, this is just how the human brain works.

The big thing to understand is that we lie about these things to ourselves, so we can easier lie about them to others. Unconscious parts of your brain lies to the conscious part!!

I learned this here: https://www.amazon.com/Elephant-Brain-Hidden-Motives-Everyda...




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