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>quickly identify a contradiction or a counterargument and state it confidently. How does this make this a "contrarian position"? At least I don't understand t
by lolakutty 1mo ago
>quickly identify a contradiction or a counterargument and state it confidently.
How does this make this a "contrarian position"? At least I don't understand the negative connotation. To me this makes this "contrarian" at least a bit smarter than the one parroting the popular opinion...
- debo_ 1mo agoI like this notion of being contrarian in what it means to be contrarian.
- LPisGood 1mo agoThe smarter thing to do would be to steelman the original position and not assume that the weakest of counterarguments — stated confidently and without much further analysis — sufficiently refute it.
- porkshoe 1mo ago[dead]
- chairmansteve 1mo ago>To me this makes this "contrarian" at least a bit smarter than the one parroting the popular opinion... If it is kneejerk contrarianism how is it smarter?
- lolakutty 1mo agoBecause they spotted a contradiction in the original argument that the other person did not consider before making their argument?
- xboxnolifes 1mo agoIt's like reading an entire article and pointing out a typo without engaging with any of the context. It's easy to find a single fault and point it out loudly, but if you don't even try to engage with the intent of the message, you aren't providing anything of substance.
- lolakutty 1mo agoI would not consider typo to be a contradiction.