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		d0mine on Feb 21, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Cognitive sophistication does not attenuate the bi... btw, "ignore facts, you can't understand it" may be just a world view pushed by propaganda. Some things are so huge, they become obvious if you just try to think & consider some numbers.

xyzelement on Feb 21, 2023 [–]

What do you mean? How do you distinguish between what's obvious because it's obvious vs it's obvious because you've been shown the dots to connect?

Things you have first hand experience with, I can agree you can decide is obvious.. anything where your main source of information is the news/internet? Not a chance

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