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You sound like an idiot. How in the world is this comparable to something oprah says? This reminds me of how Karl Popper critiques people's opinions, at times

You sound like an idiot. How in the world is this comparable to something oprah says? This reminds me of how Karl Popper critiques people's opinions, at times he rejects both the pro/anti side of something, as he did in anti-naturalist history vs naturalist history arguing that both were based on a misunderstanding of the logical content of the thing in question. In this regard you have misunderstood the logical content of the essay in question, drawing a contrast on two things that are not.

dang 11y ago
> You sound like an idiot. This comment breaks the HN guidelines. Please edit incivility out of your comments when posting here. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newswelcome.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newswelcome.html
- eruditely 11y ago
  Why? The other side gets to drown us in attacks and we can't fight back? Sorry moderator your civility warnings are unwarranted and its why people lose these sort of fights. If a Nobel prize winner will get pushed out in England due to being flanked from all sides, while the nice people can't fight back.
  - dang 11y ago
    Everyone always perceives themselves as "fighting back", i.e. sees the other side as the aggressor and oneself as merely defending. Since this bias is shared equally by all, it's guaranteed to produce nothing but escalation unless we develop the ability to be a bit more objective and respectful in our arguing.
    - eruditely 11y ago
      >"Since this bias is shared equally by all, it's guaranteed to produce nothing but escalation unless we develop the ability to be a bit more objective and respectful in our arguing." Do you honestly believe that it is 'us' who will escalate? Or is it them? Does it look like they're looking for anything else? Look at the egregious response to the essays. Yes, i'm sure we are the ones at fault. I guess i'll stop, but you are wrong in a very plain and ordinary way and I think that request was in poor taste.

dang 11y ago

> You sound like an idiot. This comment breaks the HN guidelines. Please edit incivility out of your comments when posting here. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newswelcome.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newswelcome.html

eruditely 11y ago
Why? The other side gets to drown us in attacks and we can't fight back? Sorry moderator your civility warnings are unwarranted and its why people lose these sort of fights. If a Nobel prize winner will get pushed out in England due to being flanked from all sides, while the nice people can't fight back.
- dang 11y ago
  Everyone always perceives themselves as "fighting back", i.e. sees the other side as the aggressor and oneself as merely defending. Since this bias is shared equally by all, it's guaranteed to produce nothing but escalation unless we develop the ability to be a bit more objective and respectful in our arguing.
  - eruditely 11y ago
    >"Since this bias is shared equally by all, it's guaranteed to produce nothing but escalation unless we develop the ability to be a bit more objective and respectful in our arguing." Do you honestly believe that it is 'us' who will escalate? Or is it them? Does it look like they're looking for anything else? Look at the egregious response to the essays. Yes, i'm sure we are the ones at fault. I guess i'll stop, but you are wrong in a very plain and ordinary way and I think that request was in poor taste.