‘to get something out of the way’
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“ ... Motivated reasoning must go deep if it even affects the capacity to calculate. Better to get facts and even calculation rules out of the way than to change your point of view and allow facts to disturb your convictions, political identity, and perception of reality. Why would one want to allow that if one is so convinced of being right?”
Regarding underlined parts above I have two questions below. Do you agree with my assumption?;
- I understand ‘to get something out of the way’ is equal to ‘to do something undesirable or unpleasant in order to be finished with it’.
- I assume ‘that’ above means ‘to change your point of view’.
Would wait for your valuable reply.
* source (title; Reality Lost: Markets of Attention, Misinformation and Manipulation, Author; Vincent F. Hendricks)
https://books.google.co.kr/books?id=hVptDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA82&lpg=PA82&dq=%22Better+to+get+facts+and+even+calculation+rules+out+of+the+way+than+to+change+your+point+of+view%22&source=bl&ots=4L9D0227au&sig=ACfU3U2wX18F0EKxrdOMH61zXDxfGM4w7w&hl=ko&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjNrdDhgu31AhUKCqYKHQGqAskQ6AF6BAgCEAM#v=onepage&q=%22Better%20to%20get%20facts%20and%20even%20calculation%20rules%20out%20of%20the%20way%20than%20to%20change%20your%20point%20of%20view%22&f=false
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He's Danish. You would think his publisher would assign an editor, but it looks like not. deepcosmos I understand ‘to get something out of the way’ is equal to ‘to do something undesirable or unpleasant in order to be finished with it’.
- He's Danish.
- You would think his publisher would assign an editor, but it looks like not.
- deepcosmos I understand ‘to get something out of the way’ is equal to ‘to do something undesirable or unpleasant in order to be finished with it’.
- The phrase "if it even effects" is nonsense, and "to get things out of the way" means what you say and not what he thinks it does.
- deepcosmos I assume ‘that’ above means ‘to change your point of view’.
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He's Danish. You would think his publisher would assign an editor, but it looks like not.
deepcosmosI understand ‘to get something out of the way’ is equal to ‘to do something undesirable or unpleasant in order to be finished with it’.
The phrase "if it even effects" is nonsense, and "to get things out of the way" means what you say and not what he th
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