The Fear of Common Knowledge

[jlhamilton]

http://www.overcomingbias.com/2008/07/fear-of-ck.html

[wallflower]

The essay that this blog points to is one of the most thought-provoking essays I've read in a while. Still trying to grok it

[redorb]

http://uncrediblehallq.net/blog/?p=66 < the long but WAY HAVE TO READ, version ;

[adrianwaj]

It's not so much the fear of common knowledge, it's the fear of the truth and what that exposes about oneself.

[nazgulnarsil]

this is why politics can be so frustrating. we know they're lying, they know we know they're lying. people sometimes don't realize the second part.