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Damn, that is a good line.

• ekjhgkejhgk 11mo ago
  Thank you, I like it a lot too. I was trying to understand why I stopped using it. I think it's because it's not really actionable. The best you can do with it is understand what might contribute to a certain situation/behavior. If you tell it to a person to whom it applies, they'll just keep creating new arguments to support their position. And it's not a good way of arguing anyway. It's not a real argument, it's closer to an ad hominem. It's not persuasive to the person to whom it applies, though it might be persuasive when told to a third person.
  • BizarroLand 11mo ago
    It goes hand in hand with the saying that "you can't reason yourself out of a position you didn't reason yourself into". Most people don't reason themselves into maladaptiveness, and it takes substantial effort to not only identify the cycle but also to break it.
    • vacuity 11mo ago
      https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=603826 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=603826
      • BizarroLand 11mo ago
        That's rationalize, not reason.
        • vacuity 11mo ago
          You don't seem to be making a meaningful distinction. Moreover, both words have been used in this thread.