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I often find people mistake the Socratic method with sealioning. Sometimes to argue a topic you have to ask a series of questions first to find out from what ax
by xupybd 4y ago
I often find people mistake the Socratic method with sealioning. Sometimes to argue a topic you have to ask a series of questions first to find out from what axioms the person is reasoning. It's highly unproductive when people start pulling out the term sealioning instead of actually exploring the ideas they are advocating. Because of that I'm not a fan of the term.
- kelseyfrog 4y agoThe Sorcratic method is great for novice-expert dialogue. It's demeaning when it's over applied in discussion amongst peers. If someone wants to know another's axioms, it's easy to simply preface questions with that context. Absent that, the audience will infer what the writers intentions are. Usually when the audience guesses wrong we don't blame the audience, we instead respond back with polite critique that the author's words were unclear. Maybe I've been on the internet too much, but there's been times when it's clear the Sorcratic method was being used as a rhetorical device with great effect rather than a knowledge transference device. We can both agree that's maladaptive behavior.
- xupybd 4y ago> If someone wants to know another's axioms, it's easy to simply preface questions with that context This might actually be a good technique. It is very difficult to convey good faith intentions on todays internet.