Polarisation
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- seeing same facts differently, or seeing different facts
- in both cases, differences may be resolved through rational dialogue

But if differences result from a deliberate option for selective perception, rational dialogue will be difficult, if not impossible.
Current trend: more people deliberately opt for selective perception.
They consult sources of information which reinforce previously formed views & filter out alternative perspectives.

This trend is reinforced by mainstream & social media
-> information bubbles & echo chambers
If this trend continues (as seems likely), polarisation will increase, especially in the political sphere
-> power struggles in which the winning side will decide what is 'true/false', 'right/wrong'
-> 'cancel culture' will be the norm (to a scary extent, it already is!)
'Epistemic tribes' are at war with each other:
- Fox/Newsmax/Gab/Parler (etc.) people
vs.
- CNN/MSNBC/Twitter (etc.) people

(Catholic equivalents:
'trads'., with their preferred sources of 'truth' vs. 'progs', with their, alternative, sources)

-> POWER, not truth, comes first
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