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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
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