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                                             November 18, 2018


Juila Galef speaks about the duel             GALEF_VS_THE_DELUSION_DELUSION
between the positive optimists and
the pessimistic cynics.                               OPTIMAL_MIST

   A recent case has come up where people
   are quite willing to believe the worst
   about humanity-- and are loath to admit
   they might've called it wrong:

      DOUBLE_BACKFIRE

   Sometimes the too painful-to-be-believed
   is embraced whole-heartedly...
                                                        HERE_IN_THE_REAL

   Consider the possiblity that Juila Galef's
   constant referring back to Kahan's "Graph
   of Despair" may itself be overplayed.


       I mean: has anyone tried to replicate Kahan's work?

       We're all basing a lot of our worldview on this one
       guy's research results... and his interpretation of them.



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