There’s an interestingly pernicious version of a selection effect that occurs in epistemology, where people can be led into false claims because when people try to engage with arguments, people will drop out at random steps, and past a few steps or so, the people who believe in all the arguments will have a secure-feeling position that the arguments are right, and that people who object to the arguments are (insane/ridiculous/obviously trolling), no matter whether the claim is true:
I find this difficult to parse: people, people, people, people, people.
These seem to be at least three different kind of people: The evangelists, the unconvinced (who drop out) and the believers (who don’t drop out). Not clearly distinguishing between these groups makes the whole post more confusing than necessary.
There’s an interestingly pernicious version of a selection effect that occurs in epistemology, where people can be led into false claims because when non-believers try to engage with arguments, the unconvinced will drop out at random steps, and past a few steps or so, the believers/evangelists who believe in all the arguments will have a secure-feeling position that the arguments are right, and that people who object to the arguments are (insane/ridiculous/obviously trolling), no matter whether the claim is true:
I find this difficult to parse: people, people, people, people, people.
These seem to be at least three different kind of people: The evangelists, the unconvinced (who drop out) and the believers (who don’t drop out). Not clearly distinguishing between these groups makes the whole post more confusing than necessary.
Rewrote this paragraph to this: