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Theres a reason it's called chesterson's fence. Not chesterson's law. It's a teaching prop that (imho) tells people to look at things as if they are wrong- rat
by privatelypublic 1y ago
Theres a reason it's called chesterson's fence. Not chesterson's law.
It's a teaching prop that (imho) tells people to look at things as if they are wrong- rather than assume they're right.
I've never seen somebody propose it as a formal debate concept- but rather a perspective in which to enter the debate.
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- inanutshellus 1y ago> It's a teaching prop that (imho) tells people to look at things as if they are wrong- rather than assume they're right. I think you have that exactly backwards. Meaning... the "prop" would be to assume the fence-builder was right, not wrong, and you need to find the why before you can remove the obviously-dumb-thing-with-visible-no-purpose.