This is fascinating. Let’s think a little more about whether this really improves your epistemics. It reduces bias to fit in, but increases bias to “act cool” in ones’ beliefs. I’m not sure that’s better.
What about being conformist half the itme and anti-conformist the other half, to balance it and try to become conscious of your attitudes and resultant biases?
Also, I’m going thrifting for offbeat clothes. I do dress to conform most of the time and to anti-conform part of the time. I might step that up.
This is fascinating. Let’s think a little more about whether this really improves your epistemics. It reduces bias to fit in, but increases bias to “act cool” in ones’ beliefs. I’m not sure that’s better.
What about being conformist half the itme and anti-conformist the other half, to balance it and try to become conscious of your attitudes and resultant biases?
Also, I’m going thrifting for offbeat clothes. I do dress to conform most of the time and to anti-conform part of the time. I might step that up.