12∞ · Question 4.4.4
How does a group quietly shape what I am able to believe?
By making some thoughts costly. In any close community, questioning the shared view risks belonging, so doubts go unspoken and everyone assumes everyone else is sure.
From the book 12∞ Twelve to Infinity by D.R. Davenport. The full answer is free to read with an iBelieve account.
Where it sits in the book
- Part
- 4: The Discernment Lens
- Gate
- 4.4: What Bends Our Judgment
- In print
- Page 122
- ← 4.4.3 · Why do I still tend to believe whoever sounds most certain?
- 4.4.5 → · What does fear do to my ability to judge?
- All of Part 4
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