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Originally Posted by Wavytone
That only works if you assume all views are equally valid.
In maths, engineering and the hard sciences there's one correct view and the others are provably incorrect.
Philosophy ceased to be relevant to real-world problems in the 19th century.
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The one "correct" view may still be corrupted by one's belief.
I found an interesting article that claims such behaviour, to quote:
Everybody knows that our political views can sometimes get in the way of thinking clearly. But perhaps we don’t realize how bad the problem actually is. According to a new psychology paper, our political passions can even undermine our very basic reasoning skills. More specifically, the study finds that people who are otherwise very good at math may totally flunk a problem that they would otherwise probably be able to solve, simply because giving the right answer goes against their political beliefs.
To see the full article, view:-
http://www.motherjones.com/politics/...ou-innumerate/