"I fall down YouTube rabbit holes sometimes as a way of unwinding. Lately, the algorithm has been sending me videos of teenagers covering rock songs from the '70s and early '80s, and some of them are better than they have any right to be. I've been particularly struck by how many of these bands choose to do covers of Rush songs."
"Rush was big when I was in junior high and early high school. It was a "progressive rock" band, which means it was either ambitious or pretentious, depending on your preference. I found it insufferable at the time. My brushes with it were usually on the school bus, with the 'burnouts' in the back blasting "Tom Sawyer" as often as they could, including on cold winter mornings. No, thanks."
Personal aesthetic judgments can shift dramatically with context, revealing that dislike of certain music often reflects social associations rather than purely musical qualities. Attempts to correct false beliefs by supplying better information frequently fail because individuals filter evidence through social identities. Credulity and selective acceptance of facts operate as signals of group belonging rather than simple ignorance or stupidity. Recognizing belief adherence as identity-driven reframes responses to widespread reality-denial and implies that educational aims should emphasize cultivating openness, integrative reasoning, and the social mechanisms that encourage cross-group engagement rather than solely transmitting factual corrections.
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