Well—at least I followed the guidelines and made a prediction, regarding downvotes. That my model of the world works regarding this forum has therefore been established, certainly and without a doubt.
Also—I personally think there is something intellectually lazy about downvoting without bothering to express in a sentence or two the nature of the disagreement—but that’s admitedly more of a personal appreciation.
(So my prediction here is: if I were to engage one of these no-justification downvoters in an ad rem debate, I would find him or her to be intellectually lacking. Not sure if it’s a testable hypothesis, in practice, but it sure would be interesting if it were.)
I find the common downvoting-instead-of-arguing mentality frustrating and immature. If I don’t have the energy for a counterargument, I simply don’t react at all. Just doing downvotes is intellectually worthless booing. As feedback it’s worse than useless.
Well—at least I followed the guidelines and made a prediction, regarding downvotes. That my model of the world works regarding this forum has therefore been established, certainly and without a doubt.
Also—I personally think there is something intellectually lazy about downvoting without bothering to express in a sentence or two the nature of the disagreement—but that’s admitedly more of a personal appreciation.
(So my prediction here is: if I were to engage one of these no-justification downvoters in an ad rem debate, I would find him or her to be intellectually lacking. Not sure if it’s a testable hypothesis, in practice, but it sure would be interesting if it were.)
I find the common downvoting-instead-of-arguing mentality frustrating and immature. If I don’t have the energy for a counterargument, I simply don’t react at all. Just doing downvotes is intellectually worthless booing. As feedback it’s worse than useless.
Strong upvote!