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I've been told by multiple people I respect variations of "If you cannot argue the other side's argument in good faith and well, then you really don't know what
by protomyth 7y ago
I've been told by multiple people I respect variations of "If you cannot argue the other side's argument in good faith and well, then you really don't know what you believe yourself".
I do fail in this with some of the extremes. I just cannot figure out the why of the "flat earth" thing since I don't understand who "profits" in some way from a cover-up.
- paggle 7y agoIsn’t the “flat earth” thing a bunch of talented trolls who captured an army of gullible idiots? I can understand why there is a population of people so willing to believe government conspiracy theories — the government has perpetrated so many sociopathic conspiracies from Tuskegee to Mossadegh to PRISM that it’s proven willing to commit arbitrary amounts of evil. With an entity like that it’s not too hard to convince someone that they’re lying about something small like the Flat Earth.
- pjc50 7y agoSometimes there is no good faith intent; "write an argument explaning why a Nigerian prince would use a random person from the Internet for a money transfer".
- protomyth 7y agoOther than the lack of a prince in the first place, I can actually see, given some of the US banking laws, a good faith argument where the offer is genuine. Won't believe it ever (much to regret of the actual IT industry trying to start there), but I think someone could do it well. Although, that strays more into scenario as opposed to opposing beliefs.