I usually think of this sort of thing in terms of cached thoughts: <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;lesswrong.com&#x2F;lw&#x2F;k5&#x2F;cached_thoughts&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;lesswrong.com&#x2F;lw&#x2F;k5&#x2F;cached_thoughts&#x2F;</a><p>Once you get over the smug thought of &quot;ha! all those people and their cached thoughts!&quot;, you have to stop to think, which of your own principles have you actually <i>really</i> thought about?<p>I don&#x27;t think it&#x27;s so much about considering &quot;The Other Side&quot;, instead it&#x27;s about having clarity by knowing why you believe what you believe. Generally speaking, if it&#x27;s &quot;us vs them&quot;, you&#x27;re being played anyway. Some tribe has a vested interest in playing you against another tribe.