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GliderGuider

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10. Practices like "fake balance" play into peoples' psychological predispositions.

Reply to OKIsItJustMe (Reply #7)

Thu Jun 18, 2015, 10:39 AM

Jun 2015

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S types will be more susceptible to this trick because it leverages their innate tendency to trust what's in front of them. N types who will be more prone to look for, and find the agenda behind the ploy. IMHO.

Knowing a few smoking N-types doesn't invalidate the concept, which is statistical in nature. We're talking about tendencies here.

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Why it's so hard to convince a climate denier [View all] GliderGuider Jun 2015 OP

For whatever their reasons, their brains are almost totally shutdown. nt ladjf Jun 2015 #1

N-type here. Maybe this will influence some... Ghost Dog Jun 2015 #2

"presenting them with data they can't process... Duppers Jun 2015 #3

This is then where everything breaks down The2ndWheel Jun 2015 #5

Science suggests the opposite OKIsItJustMe Jun 2015 #8

...when political passions come into play. Duppers Jun 2015 #18

Accountants, lawyers and Doctors are TRAINED to be that way happyslug Jun 2015 #21

there is another type -- those who deny professionally GreatGazoo Jun 2015 #4

two categories of psychological wiring PADemD Jun 2015 #6

I think “confirmation bias” goes a long way… OKIsItJustMe Jun 2015 #7

Practices like "fake balance" play into peoples' psychological predispositions. GliderGuider Jun 2015 #10

You may misunderstand “S types” OKIsItJustMe Jun 2015 #11

How so? GliderGuider Jun 2015 #12

“S types … innate tendency to trust what's in front of them.” OKIsItJustMe Jun 2015 #13

ergo why I used the word "tendency". GliderGuider Jun 2015 #14

Right. My point here is that I don’t think it’s an S -vs- N thing at all OKIsItJustMe Jun 2015 #15

OK, and I think S/N plays a significant role. GliderGuider Jun 2015 #16

It may play a role OKIsItJustMe Jun 2015 #17

Deniers are 'practical' people pscot Jun 2015 #9

The irony here is amusing LouisvilleDem Jun 2015 #19

GG; I'm afraid I couldn't disagree more with your statement: "As far as I can tell, most scientists Bill USA Jun 2015 #20

I have no problem with your disagreement GliderGuider Jun 2015 #22

are you referring to Myers-Briggs Type Indicator? Bill USA Jun 2015 #23

I come from a hard-science family GliderGuider Jun 2015 #24

You need both LouisvilleDem Jul 2015 #25

never said there was no intuition involved in conduct of scientific discovery. Without that you'd Bill USA Jul 2015 #27

And I was just talking about the MBTI. GliderGuider Jul 2015 #28

I do not understand it.. its the one thing that drives me nutsy Peacetrain Jul 2015 #26