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I’ll make a deal with you. I’ll pretend to consider that I may be wrong, if you also pretend to consider that you may be wrong. Both knowing that neither are ac
by kaycebasques 7y ago
I’ll make a deal with you. I’ll pretend to consider that I may be wrong, if you also pretend to consider that you may be wrong. Both knowing that neither are actually likely to consider anything of the sort.
- darkerside 7y agoI'm actually more than happy to consider any substantive contrary argument, but I didn't detect one in there. Even pretending to advocate for the mindset you describe is unproductive and even destructive. People reconsider viewpoints all the time.
- kaycebasques 7y agoI was being snarky because I found your comment arrogant. If you think that the analogy is useful, then I’d have no problem if you left a comment along the lines of “I find the wetware analogy useful.” But what you said is “you should change your mind” without providing any substance about why it’s a useful perspective or why you’re entitled to tell someone else to change their mind.
- darkerside 7y agoThat's a fair critique. For the record, I was responding to a post that I felt had a similar tone. > I disagree with this machine-like optimization of human life. We are not machines running OSes allocating time. I doubt OP was offended. And I didn't say to change their mind. I said consider something that the tone of their comment indicated they hadn't seriously considered.