It would help, but the difference I was refer to was that Jayson was embarrassed by his failure of rationality, while you either failed to recognize yours or were proud of it.
How can mentioning of evidence ever be a failure of rationality? In the particular case of explosives in the WTC there are lots of supporting eye witnesses and video testimonies. The failure is to downvote it, which constitutes the same as supression of evidence.
You weren’t just presenting evidence. You were making an argument. Some people believed that you were engaged in motivated reasoning and/or privileging the hypothesis.
Please discuss the merits of the argument in the original thread, if desired. I’d prefer to keep the discussions of the merits of the argument and the reactions to it separate.
How can mentioning of evidence ever be a failure of rationality?
It can’t, but the way you communicate it can imply a failure of rationality. (i. e. the conclusions you imply and your expectations of the effect of the evidence on others)
How can mentioning of evidence ever be a failure of rationality? In the particular case of explosives in the WTC there are lots of supporting eye witnesses and video testimonies. The failure is to downvote it, which constitutes the same as supression of evidence.
You weren’t just presenting evidence. You were making an argument. Some people believed that you were engaged in motivated reasoning and/or privileging the hypothesis.
Please discuss the merits of the argument in the original thread, if desired. I’d prefer to keep the discussions of the merits of the argument and the reactions to it separate.
It can’t, but the way you communicate it can imply a failure of rationality. (i. e. the conclusions you imply and your expectations of the effect of the evidence on others)