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Are they really that stupid?

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Are they really that stupid?
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RE: Are they really that stupid?
July 11, 2020 at 2:14 pm (This post was last modified: July 11, 2020 at 2:44 pm by John 6IX Breezy.)
(July 11, 2020 at 1:40 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: The two are not mutually exclusive.

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They may not be mutually exclusive, but it seems wrong to confuse them with one another or treat them as being positively correlated. Malcolm Gladwell's recent book forwards the idea of "default to truth." People naturally assume honesty and trustworthiness in strangers; not trusting strangers has a paranoid tinge to it. I think being interviewed by a reporter and camera crew perhaps increases our sense of trustworthiness in them, lowering our guard; or perhaps being filmed shifts cognitive recourses towards our appearance on camera, and away from Type 2 thinking (our more logical, calculated, form of thinking).

In other words, there are better explanations for the behavior than being stupid.
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Are they really that stupid?

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Are they really that stupid? - by no one - July 10, 2020 at 9:11 pm
RE: Are they really that stupid? - by AniKoferBo - July 10, 2020 at 9:19 pm
RE: Are they really that stupid? - by The Valkyrie - July 10, 2020 at 9:27 pm
RE: Are they really that stupid? - by Anomalocaris - July 12, 2020 at 5:15 am
RE: Are they really that stupid? - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - July 10, 2020 at 9:32 pm
RE: Are they really that stupid? - by Fireball - July 10, 2020 at 9:57 pm
RE: Are they really that stupid? - by ignoramus - July 10, 2020 at 10:49 pm
RE: Are they really that stupid? - by Fireball - July 10, 2020 at 11:52 pm
RE: Are they really that stupid? - by ignoramus - July 11, 2020 at 12:06 am
RE: Are they really that stupid? - by Pat Mustard - July 11, 2020 at 4:04 am
RE: Are they really that stupid? - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - July 11, 2020 at 4:36 am
RE: Are they really that stupid? - by awty - July 11, 2020 at 6:40 am
RE: Are they really that stupid? - by ignoramus - July 11, 2020 at 8:16 am
RE: Are they really that stupid? - by AniKoferBo - July 11, 2020 at 11:06 am
RE: Are they really that stupid? - by John 6IX Breezy - July 11, 2020 at 1:10 pm
RE: Are they really that stupid? - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - July 11, 2020 at 1:40 pm
RE: Are they really that stupid? - by John 6IX Breezy - July 11, 2020 at 2:14 pm
RE: Are they really that stupid? - by no one - July 11, 2020 at 3:13 pm
RE: Are they really that stupid? - by John 6IX Breezy - July 11, 2020 at 3:27 pm
RE: Are they really that stupid? - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - July 11, 2020 at 5:46 pm
RE: Are they really that stupid? - by John 6IX Breezy - July 11, 2020 at 6:11 pm
RE: Are they really that stupid? - by Abaddon_ire - July 11, 2020 at 9:49 pm
RE: Are they really that stupid? - by Fireball - July 11, 2020 at 10:30 pm
RE: Are they really that stupid? - by Fireball - July 11, 2020 at 5:28 pm
RE: Are they really that stupid? - by Fireball - July 11, 2020 at 8:44 pm
RE: Are they really that stupid? - by AniKoferBo - July 11, 2020 at 10:38 pm
RE: Are they really that stupid? - by Grandizer - July 11, 2020 at 10:46 pm
RE: Are they really that stupid? - by ignoramus - July 12, 2020 at 12:47 am
RE: Are they really that stupid? - by A. Secular Human - July 13, 2020 at 4:29 pm
RE: Are they really that stupid? - by Sal - July 13, 2020 at 5:05 pm
RE: Are they really that stupid? - by no one - July 15, 2020 at 8:52 pm
RE: Are they really that stupid? - by Porcupine - July 16, 2020 at 5:43 am

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