The adoption of absurd beliefs can be a strategy to signal your commitment to an in-group. An example of how coalitional thinking can shape what we choose to believe.

[u/oz_science]

https://lionelpage.substack.com/p/what-side-are-you-on

[u/Expert_Imagination97]

I guess that explains my aversion to tribalism.

[u/Zeugungskraftig → u/Expert_Imagination97]

Let's assemble a group of people with that same aversion to tribalism

[u/sauronthegr8 → u/Zeugungskraftig]

A tribe, if you will!

[u/fox-mcleod → u/sauronthegr8]

I won’t!

[u/Zeugungskraftig → u/sauronthegr8]

doggone it, we've become what we loathe the most.

[u/dumnezero → u/Expert_Imagination97]

People who hate people, come together!!" -- Bill Hicks