Huh, actually surprised by the disagreevotes. I would’ve thought this would be relatively uncontroversial. Can’t help but suspect this is a big blindspot here. Like, I’m being interpreted as attacking the locally sacred value of idiosyncratic thinking, or local high-status people, or something?
On the original question—there are also other factors, of course, like the world being so big/complex that the right worldview is underdetermined by the evidence, and skill in a domain (here, verbal thinking) allowing more nuanced and specific expression of one’s aesthetic preferences and personality.
Huh, actually surprised by the disagreevotes. I would’ve thought this would be relatively uncontroversial. Can’t help but suspect this is a big blindspot here. Like, I’m being interpreted as attacking the locally sacred value of idiosyncratic thinking, or local high-status people, or something?
On the original question—there are also other factors, of course, like the world being so big/complex that the right worldview is underdetermined by the evidence, and skill in a domain (here, verbal thinking) allowing more nuanced and specific expression of one’s aesthetic preferences and personality.