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← Most people seem to use their reason to justify inherited prejudices rather than to root them out

17 connected korrents · 11 moments from 12 Oct 2019 to 17 Sept 2026.

Everything filed under behavioural science behavioural science Everything filed under benchmarks benchmarks Everything filed under attitude change attitude change Everything filed under agency agency Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: Most people seem to use their reason to justify inherited prejudices rather than to root them out Most people seem to use their reason tojustify inherited prejudices rather thanto root them out MW Mary Wollstonecraft — holds since c. 1792 — tap for who they are Same subject: Prejudices should be cherished because individual reason is small — tap to centre the map on it Prejudices should be cherishedbecause individual reason is small EB Edmund Burke — holds since c. 1790 — tap for who they are Same subject: The reasons people give for their beliefs are not the causes of those beliefs; mostly people believe because they trust certain others and adopt their beliefs. — tap to centre the map on it The reasons people give for theirbeliefs are not the causes of thosebeliefs; mostly people believebecause they trust certain othersand adopt their beliefs. Last stated 7 years ago 12 Oct 2019 DK Daniel Kahneman — holds since 2019-10-12 — tap for who they are Same subject: It seems most people have the sense to make laws, but not all are just enough to make good ones — tap to centre the map on it It seems most people have the senseto make laws, but not all are justenough to make good ones VO Voltaire — holds since c. 1752–1774 — tap for who they are Same subject: Conclusions reached through the passions are defended by the passions, not by reason — tap to centre the map on it Conclusions reached through thepassions are defended by thepassions, not by reason BS Baruch Spinoza — holds since c. 1670 — tap for who they are Same subject: People praise the past and condemn the present, not always with reason — tap to centre the map on it People praise the past and condemnthe present, not always with reason NM Niccolò Machiavelli — holds since c. 1514–1519 — tap for who they are Same subject: Men of her race seem to fall back on sixteenth-century logic on the woman question — tap to centre the map on it Men of her race seem to fall back onsixteenth-century logic on the womanquestion AC Anna Julia Cooper — holds since c. 1892 — tap for who they are Same subject: Modern people are both more selfish and more guilt-stricken than people in the past. — tap to centre the map on it Modern people are both more selfishand more guilt-stricken than peoplein the past. Last stated 3 months ago 7 Aug 2026 DT Derek Thompson — holds since 2026-08-07 — tap for who they are Same subject: People are not fully determined by conditions; they decide whether to give in to them or stand up to them — tap to centre the map on it People are not fully determined byconditions; they decide whether togive in to them or stand up to them VF Viktor Frankl — holds since c. 1962–1992 — tap for who they are Same subject: A belief system combining cosmic stakes, privileged knowledge, personal vocation and an imperative to act can license extraordinary behavior when it conflicts with ordinary constraints. — tap to centre the map on it A belief system combining cosmicstakes, privileged knowledge,personal vocation and an imperativeto act can license extraordinarybehavior when it conflicts withordinary constraints. Last stated a month ago 17 Sept 2026 VR Venkatesh Rao — holds since 2026-09-17 — tap for who they are Same subject: A cancellation-reason drop-down measures list order rather than reasons: randomise the options and every one of them gets picked equally. — tap to centre the map on it A cancellation-reason drop-downmeasures list order rather thanreasons: randomise the options andevery one of them gets pickedequally. Last stated 9 months ago 25 Jan 2026 JC Jason Cohen — holds since 2026-01-25 — tap for who they are Same subject: A decision cannot be judged by its outcome, because good decisions fail through no fault of the decider and bad ones succeed by luck. — tap to centre the map on it A decision cannot be judged by itsoutcome, because good decisions failthrough no fault of the decider andbad ones succeed by luck. Last stated 4 years ago 9 Aug 2022 GK Gary Klein — holds since 2022-08-09 — tap for who they are Same subject: A benchmark result should be reported under a stated budget, or as a curve against test-time compute — never as a single number. — tap to centre the map on it A benchmark result should bereported under a stated budget, oras a curve against test-time compute— never as a single number. Last stated 4 months ago 26 Jun 2026 NB Noam Brown — holds since 2026-06-26 — tap for who they are Same subject: A benchmark that ranks Claude Code last while it stays first in use is measuring the wrong thing, and has been for a year. — tap to centre the map on it A benchmark that ranks Claude Codelast while it stays first in use ismeasuring the wrong thing, and hasbeen for a year. Last stated 2 months ago 3 Sept 2026 DR Dax Raad — holds since 2026-09-03 — tap for who they are Same subject: A carmaker's claim to be the safest is mostly an artefact of comparing a new car against a fleet average twelve years old. — tap to centre the map on it A carmaker's claim to be the safestis mostly an artefact of comparing anew car against a fleet averagetwelve years old. Last stated 3 years ago 19 Dec 2023 PK Philip Koopman — holds since 2023-12-19 — tap for who they are Same subject: Being professionally offended by every little thing is no longer a dominant disposition — tap to centre the map on it Being professionally offended byevery little thing is no longer adominant disposition Last stated 2 years ago 6 Nov 2024 DH David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2024-11-06 — tap for who they are Same subject: Blaming and shaming people only makes them defensive, dig in their heels, or tune out, rather than change their minds. — tap to centre the map on it Blaming and shaming people onlymakes them defensive, dig in theirheels, or tune out, rather thanchange their minds. Last stated 5 months ago 9 Jun 2026 AG Adam Grant — holds since 2026-06-09 — tap for who they are Same subject: Decades of warnings about an AI apocalypse do not justify much concern today. — tap to centre the map on it Decades of warnings about an AIapocalypse do not justify muchconcern today. Last stated 2 months ago 12 Sept 2026 PF Paul Ford — holds since 2026-09-12 — tap for who they are
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At the centre Most people seem to use their reason to justify inherited prejudices rather than to root them out Last stated c. 1792 Holds Mary Wollstonecraft Read this korrent →