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I agree. A downvote has more chance to be done as a result of our disgust response. As I understand it, the disgust response preempts our reason center. Obvious
by blargathon 6y ago
I agree. A downvote has more chance to be done as a result of our disgust response. As I understand it, the disgust response preempts our reason center. Obviously, that does not lend itself to a better discussion. Reasonable and rational dissent to an idea seems like a better idea than a knee jerk response.
- underseacables 6y agoIt could a number of reasons. We are human, after all, and as such we cannot be trusted to logically and fairly evaluate anything. Better to let the computer stop us from suppressing speech simply because we (insert emotional response here).