I prefer the meme where you’ve just won by learning something new; you now know more than most people about the justifications for Big Bang cosmology, in addition to (going meta) the sort of standards for evidence in physics, and (most meta and most importantly) how your own mind works when dealing with counterintuitive claims. I won too, because I had to look up (for the first time) some claims I’d taken for granted in order to respond adequately to your critique.
I take this as an opportunity to improve the art of rationality
Good idea! It’s especially helpful, I think, that you’re writing out your reactions and your analysis of how it feels to update on new evidence. We haven’t recorded nearly as much in-the-moment data as we ought on what it’s like to change one’s mind...
When two people argue, and they both realize who is actually right, without drama or flaring tempers, then everybody wins. Even people down the block who weren’t participating at all, a bit; they don’t know it yet, but their world has become slightly awesomer.
I prefer the meme where you’ve just won by learning something new; you now know more than most people about the justifications for Big Bang cosmology, in addition to (going meta) the sort of standards for evidence in physics, and (most meta and most importantly) how your own mind works when dealing with counterintuitive claims. I won too, because I had to look up (for the first time) some claims I’d taken for granted in order to respond adequately to your critique.
Good idea! It’s especially helpful, I think, that you’re writing out your reactions and your analysis of how it feels to update on new evidence. We haven’t recorded nearly as much in-the-moment data as we ought on what it’s like to change one’s mind...
When two people argue, and they both realize who is actually right, without drama or flaring tempers, then everybody wins. Even people down the block who weren’t participating at all, a bit; they don’t know it yet, but their world has become slightly awesomer.