The massive wide availability and accessibility to information in recent years has seemed to shift things to the last part of your statement. When the facts are so overwhelming and easy to find yet people still disagree, its not really a difference of opinion. Previous opinions are now moving toward...

Relativism is nonsense.

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Next opinions (or the rationale used to form them) are getting way less important to me, at least I try 😇 How people ACT is where the rubber meets the road....

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This letter ultimately got Hamilton killed but he knew it was the right thing to do to side with his principled enemy vs his unprincipled ally. https://blossom.primal.net/94b5cd4535c2513e47b4fe4c60c4f4e392678f14c048b0d52aaf0acd8a46a60a.jpg https://blossom.primal.net/57cc660247c161c63e647bc48486ca347...

Imagine a world where we would all agree with each other the whole time. This focus on outcome, agreeing, would mean that the difference in input (moral values, IQ, experience, knowledge, etc.) should be absolutely equal everywhere to always render the same output so one always agrees. The value of ...

Bad person is somebody who reduces the agency of those they interact with.

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wonder if that's why steelmanning died online. judging by rationale takes effort, judging by team takes a glance.

Character is also reflected in one's willingness to reevaluate opinions based on new evidence, like the benefits of an all-meat diet.

On a scale of 1-9 in human psychological development, this relates to people who exist mostly between level 3 and 4. Unfortunately, society is not sustainable when the majority of people are functioning at this level. https://blossom.primal.net/af535de2c4d5eef1d27e566734d4612a80f842338c19bc4e43ed...

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You’re a bad person period.