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That would be strange and misguided because I didn't talk about a consensus, I was talking about a mechanism for consensus. And consensus has existed many times
by stinkbeetle 7mo ago
That would be strange and misguided because I didn't talk about a consensus, I was talking about a mechanism for consensus. And consensus has existed many times on many issues now, and then.
- hunter-gatherer 7mo agoRight, the mechanism you mentioned, reason, never existed. That's how I read their comment anyways.
- stinkbeetle 7mo agoYes I have noticed people get extremely emotional and upset at the suggestion that not everything in society may be monotonically improving.