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From The (Deep) Dream of Motivated Reasoning Produces Monsters by Emily Pothast
But even “consensus reality” doesn’t always necessarily reflect things as they truly are, independent of our perception. It is not only possible but quite common for large groups of people to believe something that happens to be untrue in an “objective” sense. Thus, not only does a “good” understanding of the world require multiple vantage points; each of those vantage points must also be open to the possibility of self-revision in the face of new information.