Also called 'crony/merit' beliefs. Cronyism is believing in something that's popular in your environment. It *might* be true or it might not be. Merit beliefs are those held with the best available data. Cronyists ignore the data when they prefer being accepted by their community to being right, although they twist themselves into pretez…
Also called 'crony/merit' beliefs. Cronyism is believing in something that's popular in your environment. It *might* be true or it might not be. Merit beliefs are those held with the best available data. Cronyists ignore the data when they prefer being accepted by their community to being right, although they twist themselves into pretezels to convince themselves they are so they don't have to acknowledge how deluded they and their crowd are (and acknowledge their critics were right about them).
Also called 'crony/merit' beliefs. Cronyism is believing in something that's popular in your environment. It *might* be true or it might not be. Merit beliefs are those held with the best available data. Cronyists ignore the data when they prefer being accepted by their community to being right, although they twist themselves into pretezels to convince themselves they are so they don't have to acknowledge how deluded they and their crowd are (and acknowledge their critics were right about them).
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