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Its all.belief and tribalism. Just like religion and sports. Fundamental lizard brain stuff. Scary to see where thats led us throughout history.
by nickthemagicman 10y ago
Its all.belief and tribalism. Just like religion and sports.
Fundamental lizard brain stuff.
Scary to see where thats led us throughout history.
- krapp 10y agoknee-jerk tribalism a difficult trap to avoid. Even on HN, which is supposed to self-select for high intellect and curiosity, politics seems to short-circuit otherwise reasonable and intelligent people's rational thinking. I've fallen prey to it a number of times without even realizing it.
- grzm 10y agoAgreed. Forums do have one advantage: you have the opportunity to review what you wrote before you submit. And if we can note politely when we see it in others, maybe we can build better habits. Who knows? We manage to shape our speech in different contexts. Maybe I could have a little js script (that I run myself) that detects language I'd rather not use. Kind of like a spell checker. I could choose to turn it on, and I could choose to ignore its suggestions. Or maybe more like an ignition interlock, but one I can override :)