Let’s try to understand our own contradictions (what P. J. O’Rourke gets but Michael Lind doesn’t) – Statistical Modeling, Caus

Let’s try to understand our own contradictions (what P. J. O’Rourke gets but Michael Lind doesn’t) – Statistical Modeling, Causal Inference, and Social Science

One way to understand the limitations of our own political attitudes is to recognize that other people think differently. Not just oppositely, but differently. To put it algebraically, suppose you believe A, B, C, D, E. OK, you won’t be surprised to hear that some people believe not-A, not-B, not-C, not-D, not-E. These are the …

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