Why You Often Believe People Who See the World Differently Are Wrong
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November 9, 2015

Why You Often Believe People Who See the World Differently Are Wrong

You Are Not So Smart

In psychology they call thinking that you see the world as it truly is, free from bias or the limitations of your senses, naive realism.According to our guest in this episode, famed psychologist Lee Ross, naive realism also leads you to believe you arrived at your opinions, political or otherwise, after careful, rational analysis through unmediated thoughts and perceptions. In other words, you think you have been mainlining pure reality for years, and like Gandalf studying ancient texts, your intense study of the bare facts is what has naturally led to your conclusions.