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> The 2020 election is looming, and things are going to get heated. Having civil disagreements may seem impossible. But it isn’t. My experience with the previo
by yodsanklai 7y ago
> The 2020 election is looming, and things are going to get heated. Having civil disagreements may seem impossible. But it isn’t.
My experience with the previous election (I'm in Europe, but it has us polarized as well) is that there are some disagreements not worth having.
For instance, I don't want to argue with a climate change denier, or a vaccine denier. If we reached such opposite conclusions, it means our ways of processing information are so hugely different that nothing constructive can emerge from a conversation on these topics.
- ilaksh 7y agoPeople who believe different things don't process information differently. That's a sneaky way of suggesting there is something wrong with their brain. I have a twin brother who I often find has exactly the same thinking as me when discussing a topic. He is very religious. I am an atheist. The reason people believe different things is because they are part of different communities and/or are exposed to different streams of information. I agree though that it's unlikely to have a constructive conversation on a topic where the two worldviews contradict each other.