Here’s a pattern I’m noticing more and more: Gark makes a claim. Tlof doesn’t have any particular contradictory beliefs, but takes up argument with Gark, because (and this is the actual-source-of-behavior because) the claim pattern matches, “Someone trying to lay claim to a tool to wield against me”, and people often try to get claims “approved” to be used against the other.
Tlof behavior is a useful adaptation to a combative conversational environment, and has been normalized to feel like a “simple disagreement”. Even in high trust scenarios, Tlof by habit continues to follow conversational behaviors that get in the way of good truth seeking.
A bit more generalized: there are various type of “gotcha!”s that people can pull in conversation, and it is possible to habituate various “gotcha!” defenses. These behaviors can detract from conversations where no one is pulling a “gotcha!”.
Here’s a pattern I’m noticing more and more: Gark makes a claim. Tlof doesn’t have any particular contradictory beliefs, but takes up argument with Gark, because (and this is the actual-source-of-behavior because) the claim pattern matches, “Someone trying to lay claim to a tool to wield against me”, and people often try to get claims “approved” to be used against the other.
Tlof behavior is a useful adaptation to a combative conversational environment, and has been normalized to feel like a “simple disagreement”. Even in high trust scenarios, Tlof by habit continues to follow conversational behaviors that get in the way of good truth seeking.
A bit more generalized: there are various type of “gotcha!”s that people can pull in conversation, and it is possible to habituate various “gotcha!” defenses. These behaviors can detract from conversations where no one is pulling a “gotcha!”.