Also the comment was phrased very unhelpfully for getting to the bottom of the error, if there was one. The attitude that the poster puts an idea out there and the commenters just shoot it down from afar without even needing to be comprehensible is so counterproductive. It’s treating this like a test instead of a conversation. If it is a test, why is only the poster being tested? The commenters do routinely do an awful job, leaving confusing, discouraging, and rude replies. Why is it only the poster who has to worry about the truth or usefulness of what they say if we’re trying to find the truth? I thought the comment was bad—that’s at least as important to share as what they thought was invalid about my post.
Thank you for sharing, but I’ve read your post and am not convinced (either in this instance or in general). I think it was a fine comment to which you reacted with unwarranted negativity. Or, in short: no, you’re wrong.
(Also, I understand the comment was not phrased helpfully to you, but for my part I felt that it communicated the errors clearly enough that I could understand them easily, and appreciate having the false dichotomy especially pointed out without having to discover it myself).
(Also also, it isn’t only the poster who has to worry about the truth of what they say? It’s everyone? Comments also receive criticism all the time. I don’t think this poster/commenter divide cuts reality at the joints.)
You’re wrong. It sounds good naively to say this but it’s destructive in practice. https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/tuSQBGgnoxvsXwXJ3/criticism-is-sanctified-in-ea-but-like-any-intervention
Also the comment was phrased very unhelpfully for getting to the bottom of the error, if there was one. The attitude that the poster puts an idea out there and the commenters just shoot it down from afar without even needing to be comprehensible is so counterproductive. It’s treating this like a test instead of a conversation. If it is a test, why is only the poster being tested? The commenters do routinely do an awful job, leaving confusing, discouraging, and rude replies. Why is it only the poster who has to worry about the truth or usefulness of what they say if we’re trying to find the truth? I thought the comment was bad—that’s at least as important to share as what they thought was invalid about my post.
Thank you for sharing, but I’ve read your post and am not convinced (either in this instance or in general). I think it was a fine comment to which you reacted with unwarranted negativity. Or, in short: no, you’re wrong.
(Also, I understand the comment was not phrased helpfully to you, but for my part I felt that it communicated the errors clearly enough that I could understand them easily, and appreciate having the false dichotomy especially pointed out without having to discover it myself).
(Also also, it isn’t only the poster who has to worry about the truth of what they say? It’s everyone? Comments also receive criticism all the time. I don’t think this poster/commenter divide cuts reality at the joints.)