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kubobleyesterday at 5:48 PM1 replyview on HN

But I have also observed educated people supporting some parties, ideas or policies rather mindlessly seemingly as a matter of differentiating themselves from the opinions and interests of uneducated.


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inigyouyesterday at 6:23 PM

It's correlation, it's not direct cause and effect. The average guess of a group of people is closer to the true value than most of the individual guesses.