That’s an interesting example because 1 and 2 arrive at the same conclusion, but 2 might still want to signal themselves as being contrary to 1 (i.e. “It’s not just that it’s not harming anybody, but sharing information around freely is actually helping everybody!”)
I agree with that, and you make a good point—it suggests that being contrarian doesn’t require disagreeing with the position as disagreeing with the reasoning. In a lot of cases it’ll amount to the same thing, or at least come off as the same thing, but the above is one where it doesn’t.
That’s an interesting example because 1 and 2 arrive at the same conclusion, but 2 might still want to signal themselves as being contrary to 1 (i.e. “It’s not just that it’s not harming anybody, but sharing information around freely is actually helping everybody!”)
I agree with that, and you make a good point—it suggests that being contrarian doesn’t require disagreeing with the position as disagreeing with the reasoning. In a lot of cases it’ll amount to the same thing, or at least come off as the same thing, but the above is one where it doesn’t.