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The Idol of the Tribe [Rethink 2]
The Idol of the Tribe (idolum tribus)" refers to the cognitive bias of treating humanity as the measure of all things. This piece explores the first of four idols proposed by the 16th–17th century English philosopher Francis Bacon.