>And once you "get them" which is more like accepting them to be universally true, you can use them to evaluate and explain a lot of things
Can you give an example? This seems like the same confirmation bias I see psychology students make.
Can you give an example? This seems like the same confirmation bias I see psychology students make.
As a university student I happened upon a liberal arts undergrad who explained to me in earnest that electric vehicles could be powered for free if only we would mount wind generators on top of them. Once on the highway, they would have free energy! To this student, evil corporations were the main force opposing the proliferation of this technology.
This is a silly example, but without some underlying principles, otherwise intelligent people will happily accept all kinds of other disprovable delusions.