> Date: Sun, 24 Aug 2025 11:28:06 +0900 > Cc: Psionic K <psionik@positron.solutions>, > Psionic K via Emacs news and miscellaneous discussions outside the scope of > other Emacs mailing lists <emacs-tangents@gnu.org>, > dick <dick.r.chi...@gmail.com>, > James Thomas <jim...@gmx.net>, Jean Louis <bugs2@gnu.support>, > gnu-misc-disc...@gnu.org > From: Psionic K via Emacs news and miscellaneous discussions outside the > scope of other > Emacs mailing lists <emacs-tangents@gnu.org> > > > I was just giving context > > This is called rationalizing. Instead of at least deciding not to make the > same mistake twice, we are prone to > making excuses for our behavior. The FSF has a strong culture of > rationalizing. Self-reinforcing in-groups > indeed survive on rationalizing and are able to develop resistance to new > ideas by signalling acceptance to > each other's rationalizations. These bargains among humans are quite > damaging to the truth and serve to > fix the group coherence into place at the expense of being able to > meaningfully engage with new ideas and > information, such as two decades of near complete failure.
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