tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4307187040250193857.post2885774084920622764..comments2024-03-20T03:33:22.357-07:00Comments on Skeptophilia: Shifting your moral magnetic northGordon Bonnethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06003472005971594466noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4307187040250193857.post-85663785626687346312012-09-22T14:49:11.822-07:002012-09-22T14:49:11.822-07:00I don't necessarily think this indicates peopl...I don't necessarily think this indicates people are willing to change their moral compass but rather people are willing to argue points that they don't believe in order to save face for making a mistake. <br /><br />It may also further reinforces the the idea that people don't read things thoroughly, ( I bet you didn't notice I typed the twice huh?)<br /><br />Also it does not hold true for more concrete moral judgments such as rape and child molestation. I don't think you could word it in a way people would agree either of those things are okay. Quantum of Idiocyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13165565394098068373noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4307187040250193857.post-31648982264921453552012-09-22T05:24:49.578-07:002012-09-22T05:24:49.578-07:00Hard to believe anyone could so readily alter posi...Hard to believe anyone could so readily alter positions they've thought much about. Which leads me to suspect that most people haven't thought at all; they've been told what to believe and just gone along with it.<br /><br />Though I suppose part of it might be that the subjects were too embarrassed to admit they'd misread the questions and answered differently from what they really thought.Tyler Torkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11460706772136362593noreply@blogger.com