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Every debate you lose is one where someone else won (and by the author’s logic, was deprived of the chance to lose). Some debates I want to win, for the simple
by jez 4y ago
Every debate you lose is one where someone else won (and by the author’s logic, was deprived of the chance to lose).
Some debates I want to win, for the simple joy of teaching someone something new.
While it would be an optimal use of my time (from an information-theory point of view) for me to lose every debate I participate in, some debates are worth taking up for the chance to share.
- paulpauper 4y agoI am wrong constantly. yet somehow I and others, who are also wrong, function and get by in life. It's kinda amazing how society works when so many people are wrong. If I had to guess it's the correcting mechanism from the exchange and discussion of ideas. Bad ideas tend to be weeded out or turn into better ones.