How not to turn ideologically crazy
Others became so brittle that they can barely interact with normal people without freaking out over tiny disagreements. Others have just become very ideologically single-minded and attached to very specific (and in my opinion not very convincing) accounts of the world. These people’s backgrounds, and the ideologies they went crazy over, were all wildly different from each other.
- ▪Others became so brittle that they can barely interact with normal people without freaking out over tiny disagreements.
- ▪Others have just become very ideologically single-minded and attached to very specific (and in my opinion not very convincing) accounts of the world.
- ▪These people’s backgrounds, and the ideologies they went crazy over, were all wildly different from each other.
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Recs & AdviceThe main way I've seen people turn ideologically crazyDon't update positively on your extremist beliefs whenever you hear a bad argument against themAndy MasleyOct 16, 20252752448ShareI’ve seen people around me and in the general public turn ideologically crazy at a higher rate than I expected to in my adult life. I lost one friend to a cult. Others became so brittle that they can barely interact with normal people without freaking out over tiny disagreements. Others have just become very ideologically single-minded and attached to very specific (and in my opinion not very convincing) accounts of the world. These people’s backgrounds, and the ideologies they went crazy over, were all wildly different from each other.
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