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critical thinking

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Behavioral ScienceJanuary 2, 20265 min read

Does Respecting a Person Mean Agreeing with Their Ideas?

Often, we confuse respecting a person's dignity with agreeing with their ideas. This common error, known as the Moralistic Fallacy, hinders our ability to distinguish truth from mere desirability.

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Behavioral ScienceJanuary 1, 202625 min read

Is Your Guru Gaslighting You?

This post explores how high-control spiritual groups in South India use self-sealing logic and epistemic gaslighting. They rebrand parlor tricks as "Vedic science" to dismantle critical thinking, trapping followers in an "epistemic black hole" and making them dependent on the Guru for their perception of reality.

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