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means actively pursuing opportunities to talk to others about their beliefs, to find ways to trust members of epistemic cliques that you do not identify with, and to share information with them and to process the information they share with you. Finally, their models provide a warning—to watch out for propagandists who aim to misinform while simulating the methods of an epistemic community, rather than to participate in deliberation about difficult concepts in good faith. That is, beware of the moments when incredulous claims are made that sound compelling enough, that invite belief and seem novel, but that, with a moment of skepticism seem incredible. Beware the jackalopes and when you hear storytellers yarn about them, speak up so that others see you modeling legitimate inquiry to the best of your abilities. Over time, we may connect enough clumpy networks that we shift the dynamic from polarization and conformity to deliberation and agreement.