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That's fair. It's definitely fashionable to be hyperbolic. But it might also be wrong to interpret those statements literally or at face-value. See Emotivism: h
by akozak 4y ago
That's fair. It's definitely fashionable to be hyperbolic. But it might also be wrong to interpret those statements literally or at face-value. See Emotivism: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emotivism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emotivism
That is to say, a lot of "nuanced" arguments are just as morally emotive as short punchy ones. The latter might be less persuasive, but I'm not sure many people are changing their minds on moral or ethical debates these days anyway.
- Karrot_Kream 4y ago> That is to say, a lot of "nuanced" arguments are just as morally emotive as short punchy ones. The latter might be less persuasive, but I'm not sure many people are changing their minds on moral or ethical debates these days anyway. It's not always about changing your mind. Nuanced opinions help people understand issues better. If you write a long post talking about value driven at scale at Google vs a predatory advertising market, you can help folks understand, say, what a Google competitor would need to harness to compete effectively. But when you just say "Google is a scourge to this planet", nobody comes away from the conversation better informed and the poster gets tons of HN karma for posting the median view.
- akozak 4y agoTotally - not all nuanced arguments are emotive at root. I think HN is at it's best when the discussion is evidence-oriented.