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People can believe pretty much whatever they want to believe about moral and political issues, as long as some other people near them believe it, so you have to focus on indirect methods to change what people want to believe.
Jonathan Haidt
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Jonathan Haidt
Age: 60
Born: 1963
Born: October 19
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Jonathan David Haidt
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