It would be interesting to try to trace it out. Since deviations are so swiftly punished, it should be possible to observe the patterns of who gets banished for heresy when differences arise.

It becomes very predictable when you realize that they are basically religiously minded, and if something has not been declared as true by their high priests then it must not be true.

What's a little harder is how to recognize the boundaries that define their priestly class

SimpleStacker

It takes him a while to get to it but "mistakes absence of evidence for evidence of absence" is the primary cognitive defense mechanism of this class.

It's why they can so readily and comfortably dismiss everyone they disagree with while maintaining their delusions to open-mindedness.

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econ

A Return to Taleb, the Ultimate Asymmetrical Thinker: Skin in the Game (2018)

denlillaapan

It takes him a while to get to it but "mistakes absence of evidence for evidence of absence" is the primary cognitive defense mechanism of this class. 

It's why they can so readily and comfortably dismiss everyone they disagree with while maintaining their delusions to open-mindedness.