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I might be off-base, but I feel this is a very American thing to do: argue. In school there a even debate classes yes? Much better, I think, is to have a truth
by devn0ll 4y ago
I might be off-base, but I feel this is a very American thing to do: argue. In school there a even debate classes yes?
Much better, I think, is to have a truth finding conversation together. Perhaps coming from different sides of the story, but always on the search for trying to find common ground, the truth, science, and an open mind to be changed by those things.
And not see the whole thing as a match to be won you know?
- mise_en_place 4y agoAre you European? Wasn’t it your whole cultural tradition to argue? Perhaps your modern culture has been corrupted somehow where you can no longer have meaningful debates. The Socratic method is an argument based system.
- zztop44 4y agoDepends what you mean by “argument”. I wouldn’t say the Socratic dialogues resemble Twitter.
- mise_en_place 4y ago[dead]
- bmacho 4y agoThis HN thread resembles a Socratic dialogue.
- hcks 4y ago[flagged]
- Semaphor 4y ago> I might be off-base, but I feel this is a very American thing to do: argue. I’m a German, back in school (20+ years ago) I was taught that arguing, when done in good faith, helps everyone. So I disagree heavily with your characterization of arguing as American.
- kornhole 4y agoWhat you are describing is argument. Maybe it is a translation problem to your language. Even here in America the word argument sometimes has a bad connotation and associated with that situation you describe where the parties are just trying to win rather than understand each other.