by John Stephens The Dunning Krueger effect, combined with the unholy trinity of

by John Stephens

The Dunning Krueger effect, combined with the unholy trinity of:

… 1) Cognitive Dissonance,

… 2) Confirmation Bias, and

… 3) Motivated Reasoning;

– is devastating. Especially Motivated reasoning.

When someone has the natural tendency to question authority, or are heavily biased to feel Anti-authority, they find it much easier to accept the alternative narratives as truth without giving it the same scrutiny as the authority’s narratives.

I readily admit that one of the hardest things I have ever had to learn to do is to let go of my biases. As someone who questions everything and everyone, learning to put my own stances and beliefs through that same scrutiny as I do with others, is extremely difficult. But it is as important and necessary as anything I have learned.

I go so far as to reject it outright if I find agreement at first, until after failing to formulate arguments against. I then have no choice but to accept it.

That is why it is taking me so long to get through even the basics of Propertarianism. Since it spoke to me at the first reading, I have had to reject it until I couldn’t.

That, and that there are only so many hours in a day.