I think the example of the students of the Princeton professor is very similar to this subtype:
> I sometimes ask students what their position on slavery would have been had they been white and living in the South before abolition. Guess what? They all would have been abolitionists! They all would have bravely spoken out against slavery, and worked tirelessly against it.
Most people, myself included, like to believe that they are independently-minded. Given that most people aren't independently-minded, most people are wrong.
> I sometimes ask students what their position on slavery would have been had they been white and living in the South before abolition. Guess what? They all would have been abolitionists! They all would have bravely spoken out against slavery, and worked tirelessly against it.
Most people, myself included, like to believe that they are independently-minded. Given that most people aren't independently-minded, most people are wrong.