The Guilt of Getting Smarter
I used to think people who changed their political views were weak. Wishy-washy. If you believed something yesterday, you should believe it today. Then I changed my mind about something important. And felt terrible about it. The guilt made no sense. I had better reasons for my new position than my old one. I’d learned something. Updated my beliefs based on evidence. Isn’t that what rational people do? But it didn’t feel rational....