On complex political issues, most Americans take shortcuts to simplicity

122 points by UCBerkeley 22 hours ago on reddit | 3 comments

Junkman3 | 22 hours ago

Yhat is what human brains do. In the absence of training they will default to the simplest probable explaination and then seek data to back it up.

adidasbdd | 17 hours ago

Simple stories for simple folks.

Bakkie | 21 hours ago

THis is an example of Occam's razor. Or, to use more recent political phraseology : KISS- Keep It Simple, Stupid.