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I found charitable interpretation a good indicator of whether someone is virtue/tribal signaling or interested in intellectual exchange, finding truth and actin
by emsy 8y ago
I found charitable interpretation a good indicator of whether someone is virtue/tribal signaling or interested in intellectual exchange, finding truth and acting moral.
- YorkshireSeason 8y agoI've repeatedly found that the ability to paraphrase and summarise the opposing positions in a way that the opposition can agree with, is a good indicator of whether someone is interested in, and able to have a meaningful discussion in a controversial subject. It might be illuminating to compare this heuristic to the requirement of a decent scientific paper to summarise related work properly.