Intellectual cowardice

Intellectual cowardice is an unwillingness to confront logical defects in one's reasoning. Often it includes a desire to bully others with superficial arguments based on double standards.

Characteristics of intellectual cowardice include:

• overreliance on hearsay as a substitute for logical thought
• overreliance on peer pressure to persuade

See also

• Atheism and cowardice
• Intellectual curiosity
• Intellectual humility
• Openness

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