> protecting civility over truth is wrong, imho I think at least part of the rationale is that civility is more likely to lead to the truth. Emotionally heate

> protecting civility over truth is wrong, imho I think at least part of the rationale is that civility is more likely to lead to the truth. Emotionally heated debates on the other hand induce multiple negative effects which can obscure truth: 1. Causes people to “dig in” in defense of their position, and become less open-minded and able to change their mind 2. Increases emotional investment in a position (pride, ego, etc), which induces bias and misjudgement (see Munger on the Psychology of Human Misjudgement) 3. Degrades into flamewars, kills the spirit of collaborative and mutually respectful search for truth 4. “Tramples curiosity”. (https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html)