FrF: As another leftish reader, I’ve greatly enjoyed Eli’s posts and agreed unreservedly with probably 80-90% of them. I don’t think recognizing the psychological biases that make politics seem more important than it really is precludes any involvement or interest in politics—it just allows you to recognize how often you’re not making any difference, and how often you’re acting on dogma as opposed to thought. And I hardly think rationality or evolutionary psychology is the property of the non-left.
FrF: As another leftish reader, I’ve greatly enjoyed Eli’s posts and agreed unreservedly with probably 80-90% of them. I don’t think recognizing the psychological biases that make politics seem more important than it really is precludes any involvement or interest in politics—it just allows you to recognize how often you’re not making any difference, and how often you’re acting on dogma as opposed to thought. And I hardly think rationality or evolutionary psychology is the property of the non-left.