I fully believe you when you say that 17!Austin was just as smart and selfless as 27!Austin. The same pattern is not the case for 20!Jay and 30!Jay, including all your points about 17!Austin. (except the one on slack, but 20!Jay did not meaningfully use it)
That said, I don’t think we’re actually in disagreement on this. I believe what you say about 17!Austin, and I assume you believe what I say about 20!Jay—neither of us have known each other’s past selves, so we have no reason to believe that our current selves are wrong about them.
Given that, I’m curious if there are any specific points in my original comment that you disagree with and why. I think that’d be a constructive point of discussion. Alternatively, if you agree with what I wrote, but you don’t think that is a sufficient argument against what you said, that’d be interesting to hear about too.
I fully believe you when you say that 17!Austin was just as smart and selfless as 27!Austin. The same pattern is not the case for 20!Jay and 30!Jay, including all your points about 17!Austin. (except the one on slack, but 20!Jay did not meaningfully use it)
That said, I don’t think we’re actually in disagreement on this. I believe what you say about 17!Austin, and I assume you believe what I say about 20!Jay—neither of us have known each other’s past selves, so we have no reason to believe that our current selves are wrong about them.
Given that, I’m curious if there are any specific points in my original comment that you disagree with and why. I think that’d be a constructive point of discussion. Alternatively, if you agree with what I wrote, but you don’t think that is a sufficient argument against what you said, that’d be interesting to hear about too.