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beeig edgy and exploring edge cases for the sake of the argument has indeed become somewhat anti-social. i guess it has something to do with the width of the au
by abwizz 3y ago
beeig edgy and exploring edge cases for the sake of the argument has indeed become somewhat anti-social. i guess it has something to do with the width of the audience, as the bigger the crowd, the more likely it is that someone will take you serious and make a fuss about it.
- mrtksn 3y agoWho are those people who are offended when you introduce an edge case against their argument? This is very weird behaviour because the whole civilisation is built on finding edge cases to demonstrate that a model doesn't work. For example, would it be offensive to say that a feather and a hammer will fall at the same speed on the moon to take down the Aristotle's theory of gravity? Is it OK to not talk about that kind of stuff in order not to offend Aristotletes?
- pessimizer 3y agoReporter: So, to end the interview I have to ask you about an experiment that everyone's talking about and you must be aware of. It's been said that marbles and cannonballs dropped from a tower at the same time have been seen to land at the same time. If there are any comments you'd like to make about that, I'm sure the public would love to hear them. Aristotle Scholar: You know, I'm actually glad you asked this, because these kind of "gotcha" questions show everyone the unfortunate state of journalism today, its disrespect for scholarship, and its willingness to peddle whatever trash that people are circulating in order to undermine our institutions. [wrestles wooden microphone off lapel and storms off set.]
- justin_oaks 3y agoThe problem is people don't know if you're asking questions to indicate your disapproval (or to cause people grief) or if you're asking to understand. In other words bad faith questions vs good faith questions. People get offended when you're asking bad faith questions. And it can be difficult to differentiate the two, especially when people discussing don't know each other. I know someone who is often snippy with me because I ask questions where I legitimately want to understand something, but she assumes I'm asking to indicate she's done something wrong.
- abwizz 3y agothis is indeed a very helpful way of putting it, thank you
- abwizz 3y agoit is very wired if you (plural) are looking for truth or consensus or progress. but normies are generally freaked out, because they are not used to real talk. i often crash into this barrier of non-sense talk for the sake of conversation as well, very painful for both sides. i'm sure aristotle wouldn't be offended but encouraged :)
- hippich 3y ago> you (plural) Texans would say "y'all" :)
- andrepd 3y agoYes, you are a special flower and people are annoyed at you not because you're grating, rude, or arrogant, but because they are stupid and only want to talk about the Kardashians or whatever. Yawn.
- abwizz 3y agoyou seem like a special flower too :) realizing that most of anything isn't special does not preclude every thing beeing uniqe and valuable