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A lot of web3 people don't seem to be open to much criticism of the space. As a whole this has kind of soured me towards anyone involved. The (shameless plug)

by riffic 5y ago

A lot of web3 people don't seem to be open to much criticism of the space. As a whole this has kind of soured me towards anyone involved. The (shameless plug) /r/Web3skepticism subreddit[0] is an open place for critical web3 thought. Feel free to drop by and say hi. [0] https://www.reddit.com/r/Web3Skepticism/ https://www.reddit.com/r/Web3Skepticism/

exdsq 5y ago
I see the same the other way round though where people who are critical of web3 argue all the way down to semantics rather than admit a use case.
jklm 5y ago
Maybe a little direct, but you don’t see the irony in being soured towards anyone in the space because they’re not open to criticism?
- smt88 5y ago
  Skepticism is not necessarily hostility or closed-mindedness. It is by definition an introduction of doubt (not denial, but doubt) in situations where it's lacking -- like religion.
  - jklm 5y ago
    My comment was a rearranging of the first paragraph of the GP. To be very clear, I feel souring on someone because of their beliefs is a form of closed-mindedness. I’m not sure how a productive discussion can happen when both sides pre-judge each other. Skepticism itself is a charged term. /r/ReligionSkepticism and /r/AtheismSkepticism already self-select for audiences - one segment is clearly defending, and another is attacking. A more neutral phrasing would be /r/ReligionChangeMyView. I initially wrote this without opening up the GP's link, but I encourage you to check it out to see if this tracks. To your point about religion, I’m atheist but have a few very religious friends. Them being religious didn’t sour me on them when we first met, though I’ll likely always disagree with them on that point.
syntheweave 5y ago
You might appreciate the CleanNFTs [0] Discord. It has a skeptics corner with occasional activity and discussion, and lots of linked material. And it comes from a place of epistemic study of what crypto and NFTs could be; it's climate-positive first and crypto second. [0] https://cleannfts.org/ https://cleannfts.org/

by riffic 5y ago

exdsq 5y ago

I see the same the other way round though where people who are critical of web3 argue all the way down to semantics rather than admit a use case.

jklm 5y ago

Maybe a little direct, but you don’t see the irony in being soured towards anyone in the space because they’re not open to criticism?

smt88 5y ago
Skepticism is not necessarily hostility or closed-mindedness. It is by definition an introduction of doubt (not denial, but doubt) in situations where it's lacking -- like religion.
- jklm 5y ago
  My comment was a rearranging of the first paragraph of the GP. To be very clear, I feel souring on someone because of their beliefs is a form of closed-mindedness. I’m not sure how a productive discussion can happen when both sides pre-judge each other. Skepticism itself is a charged term. /r/ReligionSkepticism and /r/AtheismSkepticism already self-select for audiences - one segment is clearly defending, and another is attacking. A more neutral phrasing would be /r/ReligionChangeMyView. I initially wrote this without opening up the GP's link, but I encourage you to check it out to see if this tracks. To your point about religion, I’m atheist but have a few very religious friends. Them being religious didn’t sour me on them when we first met, though I’ll likely always disagree with them on that point.

syntheweave 5y ago

You might appreciate the CleanNFTs [0] Discord. It has a skeptics corner with occasional activity and discussion, and lots of linked material. And it comes from a place of epistemic study of what crypto and NFTs could be; it's climate-positive first and crypto second. [0] https://cleannfts.org/ https://cleannfts.org/