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Abstract Equilibrium · 104w
If the prevailing lexicon doesn't support the vocabulary of your idea...good fucking luck communicating it effectively in one shot! You'll need to build analogies. Coherent & complete ones. Lots of them. It's frankly wasteful not to compile them together.
Guga Figueiredo · 110w
I actually think there is a point to arguing. information exchange is invaluable, even if people don't ever come to admit it. What I think is a problem is sometimes is that people assume that because...
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When truth becomes only subjective, the forms and methods by which we searched for it are abandoned.

Formal (and informal) civil debate is a lost skill to modern culture.

It has been replaced by dogmatic rhetorical devices used to crush opposition and establish moral superiority.
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Guga Figueiredo · 110w
well put. people are playing debates rather than having conversations and exchanging information.