“This very circumstance is not only true “here”, but moreover with public discourse in general, making it clear that we as humans continue to have grave epistemic issues, not only in terms of recognizing that an issue exists but in treating it with the appropriate attention.”
Issues of tact aren’t relevant to your argument, but I would really recommend keeping stuff like this out of pieces aiming to convince people of cause areas. Anything extra that assumes your conclusion is true and then goes after people for not believing it is inevitably irritating, and besides, not actually relevant to the point that you’re trying to prove.
I also generally think it’s more productive when you have that feeling of shock at people’s views to have the first impulse be to look to learn about why people believe what they do, rather than to try to lay out your case and see what comes back. Even if you’re completely unconvinced by what people have to say about it, you’ll end up in a position where you can advocate for your views in a way that’s most likely to connect with the way that others are thinking.
“This very circumstance is not only true “here”, but moreover with public discourse in general, making it clear that we as humans continue to have grave epistemic issues, not only in terms of recognizing that an issue exists but in treating it with the appropriate attention.”
Issues of tact aren’t relevant to your argument, but I would really recommend keeping stuff like this out of pieces aiming to convince people of cause areas. Anything extra that assumes your conclusion is true and then goes after people for not believing it is inevitably irritating, and besides, not actually relevant to the point that you’re trying to prove.
I also generally think it’s more productive when you have that feeling of shock at people’s views to have the first impulse be to look to learn about why people believe what they do, rather than to try to lay out your case and see what comes back. Even if you’re completely unconvinced by what people have to say about it, you’ll end up in a position where you can advocate for your views in a way that’s most likely to connect with the way that others are thinking.