Beliefism: how to stop hating the people we disagree with

信念主义:如何停止憎恨那些与我们意见相左的人

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2025-06-11

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Contributor(s): Professor Paul Dolan | Join us for this talk by LSE's Paul Dolan in which he will talk about his new book, Beliefism. Do you avoid people who are strongly against immigration? Or strongly for trans rights? Against abortion? For drug legalisation? We might like to think that we're tolerant, but many of us struggle to engage with people whose opinions differ strongly from our own-even if they might have something useful to contribute to the debate. That means we're falling victim to what behavioural scientist Paul Dolan defines as Beliefism: discrimination against those with different beliefs to us. Drawing on the evidence from across the social sciences, Dolan shows how easy it is for us to divide ourselves into opposing camps - and how harmful that can be.This recording contains strong language.
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  • Welcome to the LSE Events Podcast by the London School of Economics and Political Science.

  • Get ready to hear from some of the most influential international figures in the social sciences.

  • Wow, you guys are so polite and quiet like that.

  • But let me start by welcoming everybody to LSE.

  • Actually, before I forget the people online as well,

  • really delighted to have a lot of people joining us on.

  • tonight.

  • And for the people who are joining online,

  • just to say we will let you participate actually in the event and ask questions later on.

  • Speaking of participation, there's a book stand out in front.

  • Some of you may have seen as you walked in and after the lecture,

  • Paul will go out and sign books if there are people who want to have a copy and get a book signed.

  • So let me just briefly introduce the event.

  • My name is Charles Stafford.

  • I'm one of the vice presidents here.

  • I'm actually an anthropologist with a special interest in psychology.

  • So I'm really interested in tonight's topic and hearing what Paul has to say.

  • I'm going to ask him a few tricky anthropological type questions in a minute.

  • But first, let me say a couple of words about Paul, who, as you know,

  • is a prof here at the LSE in the Department of Psychology and Behavioral Sciences.