Thanks! Those are both good points. I think you’re right that they’re open to changing their minds about some important aspects of their worldview (though I do think that “Please, if you disagree with me, carry your precious opinion elsewhere. ” is some evidence that there are aspects that they’re not very open to changing their mind about).
I also think that I reacted too strongly to the emotionally laden language—I agree this can be justified and appropriate, though I think it can also make collaborative truth-seeking harder. This makes me think that it’s good to acknowledge, feel, and empathize with anger/sadness, whilst still being careful about the potential impact it might have when we’re trying to work together to figure out what to do to help others. I do still feel worried about some sort of oversimplification/overconfidence wrt “all other problems are just derivatives”.
To be clear, I always thought it was good to engage in discussion here rather than downvote, but I’m now a bit more optimistic about the dialogue going well.
Thanks! Those are both good points. I think you’re right that they’re open to changing their minds about some important aspects of their worldview (though I do think that “Please, if you disagree with me, carry your precious opinion elsewhere. ” is some evidence that there are aspects that they’re not very open to changing their mind about).
I also think that I reacted too strongly to the emotionally laden language—I agree this can be justified and appropriate, though I think it can also make collaborative truth-seeking harder. This makes me think that it’s good to acknowledge, feel, and empathize with anger/sadness, whilst still being careful about the potential impact it might have when we’re trying to work together to figure out what to do to help others. I do still feel worried about some sort of oversimplification/overconfidence wrt “all other problems are just derivatives”.
To be clear, I always thought it was good to engage in discussion here rather than downvote, but I’m now a bit more optimistic about the dialogue going well.