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Hackernews like many online communities will repress interesting and rational truth seekers like you as they inconsciously value more an establishment or their

Hackernews like many online communities will repress interesting and rational truth seekers like you as they inconsciously value more an establishment or their ego/feelings or preconceived ideas over a logical argumentation as long as it lacks a stronger argument from authority or other logical fallacy that could make their brain cross a significant enough mental shortcut to update their beliefs.Sound argumentation only has limited power here and when you have a point the conversation will often digress to off-topic attacks instead of addressing your points. This systemic mental defense mechanisms leads rationalists from around the world to self-censor themselves or be downvoted to hell. Also eventually they risk being converted to the fallacies of the rest of the group-think. Be strong human and keep arguing, the world's needs you. Of course we all need an appropriate amount of epistemic humility (and not more), especially the proponents of the extremely epistemologically weak CDM theory.

sahil50 5y ago
Many thanks.
sahil50 5y ago
I hope the HackerNews crowd reads this and takes this seriously.
mlyle 5y ago
I think talking about CDM vs. MOND vs. other options is fascinating. I doubt any of these is the last word and that mankind will reach a better understanding with time. But the poster in question opened with a salvo just denigrating all the other options without any information in defense of his view. This shouldn't be lauded. It opens no interesting line of discourse.
- The_rationalist 5y ago
  > But the poster in question opened with a salvo just denigrating all the other options without any information in defense of his view. That is true and untrue. He did not repeat himself but he made potent arguments (or links to external resources) (in fact much better ones than anyone else on this page) in other threads.
  - mlyle 5y ago
    > He did not repeat himself I never said he repeated himself. I just said his opening gambit in the conversation was a salvo that merely denigrated the other options without any information in defense of his view. This tends to not invite productive discourse.

sahil50 5y ago

Many thanks.

sahil50 5y ago

I hope the HackerNews crowd reads this and takes this seriously.

mlyle 5y ago

I think talking about CDM vs. MOND vs. other options is fascinating. I doubt any of these is the last word and that mankind will reach a better understanding with time. But the poster in question opened with a salvo just denigrating all the other options without any information in defense of his view. This shouldn't be lauded. It opens no interesting line of discourse.

The_rationalist 5y ago
> But the poster in question opened with a salvo just denigrating all the other options without any information in defense of his view. That is true and untrue. He did not repeat himself but he made potent arguments (or links to external resources) (in fact much better ones than anyone else on this page) in other threads.
- mlyle 5y ago
  > He did not repeat himself I never said he repeated himself. I just said his opening gambit in the conversation was a salvo that merely denigrated the other options without any information in defense of his view. This tends to not invite productive discourse.