On the contrary, being able to identify your own biases and being able to express what kind of information would change your mind is at the heart of rationality.
You’re a libertarian. We all know that. But regardless of whether you ideologically agree with the conclusions of the article or not, you should be able to give a more convincing counter-argument than ‘godawful clickbait piece-of-crap.’
I’m not talking about content at all. It seems to be that Gleb now likes the idea of basic income—and I neither have strong opinions about basic income, nor care much about what Gleb believes.
This would have been a godawful clickbait piece-of-crap even if it argued that free markets are the best thing evah.
I’m for basic income but I agree with Lumifer’s sentiment (even when I would use different words). The issue with the article isn’t the conclusions.
The fact that Gleb posted the article directly after people told him that they want him to stop taking up as much mindshare on EA affiliated venues is also problematic.
On the contrary, being able to identify your own biases and being able to express what kind of information would change your mind is at the heart of rationality.
You’re a libertarian. We all know that. But regardless of whether you ideologically agree with the conclusions of the article or not, you should be able to give a more convincing counter-argument than ‘godawful clickbait piece-of-crap.’
I’m not talking about content at all. It seems to be that Gleb now likes the idea of basic income—and I neither have strong opinions about basic income, nor care much about what Gleb believes.
This would have been a godawful clickbait piece-of-crap even if it argued that free markets are the best thing evah.
Anyone can easily deny that they are biased. That takes no effort. So, again, why is it a ‘godawful clickbait piece-of-crap’?
Its funny because 90+% of articles on Salon.com are ‘godawful clickbait’ in my opinion—with this one being one of the exceptions.
And Lumifer’s dismissal of it is probably the most low-effort way of responding. Students of rationality, take note.
You sound like you’re trying to win at werewolf! Gleb at least appears honest.
The most low-effort way is to just ignore it.
“Having eyes, see ye not?” :-)
If you need explanations why this is crap, our aesthetic sensibilities are too far apart to understand each other. My condolences.
I’m for basic income but I agree with Lumifer’s sentiment (even when I would use different words). The issue with the article isn’t the conclusions. The fact that Gleb posted the article directly after people told him that they want him to stop taking up as much mindshare on EA affiliated venues is also problematic.
I think that non sequitur-ad hominem got you those downvotes.