I often do read the comments, though I don’t really read that intentionally, so I don’t have a good estimate of how often I read comments or how many I read (probably read most comments if I find the topic interesting, and I feel like the points in the post wasn’t obvious before I read it). I scroll through the “Recent discussion” stuff almost never. So I miss a lot of comments if I read a post early on and then people make comments later that I never see.
The point is that there is often a good counterargument to whatever is being asserted in a post. Sometimes it’s in a comment to the post itself—which is easy and convenient—and sometimes it’s on another website,.or in a book. Either way,.rationality does not consist of forcing yourself to adopt a list of “correct” beliefs.
I often do read the comments, though I don’t really read that intentionally, so I don’t have a good estimate of how often I read comments or how many I read (probably read most comments if I find the topic interesting, and I feel like the points in the post wasn’t obvious before I read it). I scroll through the “Recent discussion” stuff almost never. So I miss a lot of comments if I read a post early on and then people make comments later that I never see.
The point is that there is often a good counterargument to whatever is being asserted in a post. Sometimes it’s in a comment to the post itself—which is easy and convenient—and sometimes it’s on another website,.or in a book. Either way,.rationality does not consist of forcing yourself to adopt a list of “correct” beliefs.