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Yeah. It's all trying win an argument rather than discover any kind of truth. I find myself dreading talking to my siblings these days. I call up to ask how th

• squigz 2y ago
  > Yeah. It's all trying win an argument rather than discover any kind of truth. I suspect this has been the case for the majority of people for the majority of history, unfortunately.
  • chairmansteve 2y ago
    It is definitely a lot worse among my acquaintances these days. I am in my late 50´s. Many people people I know of my generation are addicted to conspiracy theories and spend a lot of their lives thinking about them, following influencers etc. This was not the case for these people in the past. The one thing a lot of them have in common is a high degree of isolation, presumably leading to a lot of time on the internet.