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Cognitive dissonance is often thought of as the <em>discomfort</em> we have with
conflicting cognitions. But it’s really about how the brain will smooth over
<em>dissonant</em> cognitions, whether they’re uncomfortable or not. It happens a lot.
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Without time-travel, evolutionary narratives can only identify theories that
<em>don’t</em> make sense (like death drives). It can’t tell you what theories <em>do</em>
make sense, because you can make many to explain the same thing. All they do
is let you see what people wish the world was like.
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There’s no hidden version of you. If anything, we are a collection of bits
and pieces that we weave together from the stories we learn from others. You
don’t need to find an authentic <em>self</em>, you need to find a story you can
weave that makes you happy.
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When we want to identify with a group, we <em>bias</em> ourselves to filter out all
theother ways we could be. It helps us cut down all our competing priorities
to the group. The trade-off is the benefit in diversity of thought.
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Stress promotes bias—stereotypical thinking and behaving. Less stress
promotes cognitive flexibility—an openness to new ways of thinking and
behaving. Neither is better than the other. It’s about the situation you
deploy them in.
Bias vs Noise pt. III: Groups
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