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Bernardo de La Paz

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6. Once guys believe like him that everything the "establishment" says is wrong & evil, then
Sat Feb 18, 2017, 02:34 PM
Feb 2017

... then believing in a flat earth is a natural consequence.

Lack of logical thinking and critical thinking is also a big part of the RWAF mindset.

Table 3: Faulty reasoning

RWA's are more likely to:

Make many incorrect inferences from evidence.
Hold contradictory ideas leading them to `speak out of both sides of their mouths.'
Uncritically accept that many problems are `our most serious problem.'
Uncritically accept insufficient evidence that supports their beliefs.
Uncritically trust people who tell them what they want to hear.
Use many double standards in their thinking and judgements.


They don't look for contradictory evidence (the ways scientists do), they look for and filter for supportive evidence and write off everything else.

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They? MattP Feb 2017 #1
"belief" being the operative word oldtime dfl_er Feb 2017 #2
F Dook underpants Feb 2017 #3
Especially Laettner brush Feb 2017 #4
All of them underpants Feb 2017 #7
The Globe Makers? Who is behind this conspiracy MattP Feb 2017 #5
Big Cartography jberryhill Apr 2017 #15
Once guys believe like him that everything the "establishment" says is wrong & evil, then Bernardo de La Paz Feb 2017 #6
Feelings over facts. No education needed. (n/t) Iggo Feb 2017 #8
This guy is a role model? Earthican Feb 2017 #9
Everyone's a role model. Iggo Feb 2017 #10
He is paid millions to play a child's game Earthican Feb 2017 #11
I'll be nice. Iggo Feb 2017 #12
My apologies Earthican Feb 2017 #13
when I've been up in an airplane, I start to see his point Bucky Feb 2017 #14
Spherical trig is fake math. cloudbase May 2017 #16
Beautiful. Iggo May 2017 #17
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