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I don't think that including a link to
Cognitive bias in the See also section here implies that
Declinism is a cognitive bias. Ref [1] claims that a possible engine for Declinism may be certain cognitive biases and that's where the connection between the topics lies. I have restored the
Cognitive bias link with some context to explain the connection. ~
Kvng (
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21:51, 16 February 2016 (UTC)reply
Obviously there can be a false or exaggerated deception of decline, but the attitude of this article almost implies that all (contemporary, at least) perception of decline is irrational or illusory. One problem is that obviously decline exists. The counterbalance to this article would be that of the
Idea of Progress or
Chronological snobbery, whereby people tend to believe in a system of upward, continual progress. Obviously progress exists, but it is not holistic and not all change represents "progress". There are obviously tendencies to interpret info as representing either decline or progress, and I don't think it is particularly insightful to simply explain these away as total cognitive distortions or irrational or whatever. There have been some improvements in conditions after the GFC, but there have also been setbacks. Nazi Germany had less unemployment and poverty than Weimar Germany, but one would not be wrong to say that the state of Germany or of a German person's life had declined in some way - they are just valuing different attributes, not ignoring evidence of progress.
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I don't think that including a link to
Cognitive bias in the See also section here implies that
Declinism is a cognitive bias. Ref [1] claims that a possible engine for Declinism may be certain cognitive biases and that's where the connection between the topics lies. I have restored the
Cognitive bias link with some context to explain the connection. ~
Kvng (
talk)
21:51, 16 February 2016 (UTC)reply
Obviously there can be a false or exaggerated deception of decline, but the attitude of this article almost implies that all (contemporary, at least) perception of decline is irrational or illusory. One problem is that obviously decline exists. The counterbalance to this article would be that of the
Idea of Progress or
Chronological snobbery, whereby people tend to believe in a system of upward, continual progress. Obviously progress exists, but it is not holistic and not all change represents "progress". There are obviously tendencies to interpret info as representing either decline or progress, and I don't think it is particularly insightful to simply explain these away as total cognitive distortions or irrational or whatever. There have been some improvements in conditions after the GFC, but there have also been setbacks. Nazi Germany had less unemployment and poverty than Weimar Germany, but one would not be wrong to say that the state of Germany or of a German person's life had declined in some way - they are just valuing different attributes, not ignoring evidence of progress.
BigGoyForYou (
talk)
10:29, 12 April 2017 (UTC)reply