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What the hell? It carries the presumption that you have something educational to say, but it certainly doesn't presume that the other person doesn't. Education
by sketerpot 17y ago
What the hell? It carries the presumption that you have something educational to say, but it certainly doesn't presume that the other person doesn't. Education can flow both ways. Indeed, it's more interesting that way.
Just look at any thread on this forum: people contribute information and correct each other and it's interesting, not patronizing.
- pvg 17y agoThe article is about actual conversations, not HN threads. Real life interactions have to do with whether the other party perceives you're being a patronizing git, not whether you believe you have something educational to say. Little Edit: if you think describing 'I don't agree with you' as an 'altruistic desire to educate' and single-handedly preserving the 'validity of discourse' and the 'truth and correctness of human understanding of the world' is anything short of absurdly presumptuous, you might want to re-read the linked article very carefully.
- thaumaturgy 17y agoI seriously doubt that in most social situations, HN-like discourse would be considered "interesting". Geeks find the constant back-and-forth of corrections in dialogue to be interesting and educational. Non-geeks do not; they lose interest by about the second iteration, and will become annoyed shortly after.
- flog 17y agoMaybe the non-geeks are wrong?
- thaumaturgy 17y agoTypical geek response. :-) How long would you like to debate this, and to what end?
- stralep 17y agoFor example: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1078529 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1078529