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		joshuacc on March 21, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: What You Can't Say (2004) > if most people used rational thought then you'd expect most people to have similar beliefs Well, possibly. But then again, what if all those people happen to have very different sets of evidence on which to make their decisions?

mikeash on March 21, 2014 [–]

That would explain the disparity in the past, but I don't think it's an adequate explanation any longer.

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