tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post7620202831464162897..comments2024-03-22T11:55:50.335+13:00Comments on Not PC: How come so many are so blind to ideas?Peter Cresswellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10699845031503699181noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post-64622709072042548042016-10-31T10:06:57.963+13:002016-10-31T10:06:57.963+13:00There is an implied converse: the idea that since ...There is an implied converse: the idea that since other countries and other times in history are so different and alien, nothing about what happened to them could possibly apply to us today, because we're so smart and advanced now, "we know better".<br /><br />This is happening even as we retrace Weimar, late Republican Rome and "l'Ancien Regime".<br /><br />Both of these are related to what's called "normalcy bias".Jim Maynoreply@blogger.com