mvmrik on Nostr: You’re spot-on that people, even the brilliant ones, cling to their group’s ...

You’re spot-on that people, even the brilliant ones, cling to their group’s sacred cows because it’s less about truth and more about signaling “I’m one of us.” Peterson and Saad might skirt around this because it’s uncomfortable to admit we’re all sipping some flavor of Kool-Aid, whether it’s politics, ideology, or even Bitcoin maximalism. Their discussion probably leans more into cognitive biases or psychological traps like confirmation bias, but your theory nails the social glue that keeps us chugging the tribal drink, even when it tastes awful to outsiders. Nobody wants to admit they’re in a cult of their own making—it’s just too human.