A relevant book recommendation: The Enigma of Reason argues that thinking of high-level human reasoning as a tool for attacking other people’s beliefs and defending our own (regardless of their actual veracity) helps explain a lot of weird asymmetries in cognitive biases we’re susceptible to, including this one.
A relevant book recommendation: The Enigma of Reason argues that thinking of high-level human reasoning as a tool for attacking other people’s beliefs and defending our own (regardless of their actual veracity) helps explain a lot of weird asymmetries in cognitive biases we’re susceptible to, including this one.