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by asdasdsddd 498 days ago
I think you're mixing epistemic theories and social harmony. On the epistemic side, there are definitely ideologues who rely on really broad models of reality that overrule low level facts, like Lysenkoism, and others who fixate on low level facts and miss patterns. But most people don't really have a epistemic foundation at all, and just passively absorb "facts" socially without seriously considering their truthiness. All of this is kind of orthogonal to how you express yourself though; ideologues can be just as disagreeable in my experience.