Complexity of the world cannot by itself explain persistent biased beliefs, because complexity should rationally produce agnosticism (suspended judgment); instead people who haven't studied economics hold confident, vehement views that gravitate precisely toward the answers textbooks say are wrong.
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Bryan CaplanEvidence Quote
“the rational strategy for a person who hasn't actually studied a subject is to be agnostic”
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