Learning, Changing Minds Moderates are much better at figuring out when they're likely to be mistaken. “What makes some people radical and prone to taking extreme views on topics? Radical, violent political movements have received a lot of attention in the news cycle, while non-violent radicalism is a significant impediment to the compromises that are necessary to build a functional society. At the same time some things we now take as accepted, like women having the right to vote or same-sex couples the right to marry, were once at the radical fringes of society. Given its importance for the evolution of societies, radicalism seems worth exploring.” Article: Political Radicals Don’t Evaluate Their Own Errors—About Anything