Not sure I follow. It seems to me that the position you’re pushing, that learning from people who disagree is prohibitively costly, is the one that goes with learned helplessness. (“We’ve tried it before, we encountered inferential distances, we gave up.”)
I believe they are saying that cheering for seeking out disagreement is learned helplessness as opposed to doing a cost-benefit analysis about seeking out disagreement. I am not sure I get that part either.
I was also confused reading the comment, thinking that maybe they copied the wrong paragraph, and meant the 2nd paragraph.
I am interested in the fact that you find the comment so cult-y though, because I didn’t pick that up.
I am interested in the fact that you find the comment so cult-y though, because I didn’t pick that up.
It’s a fairly incoherent comment which argues that we shouldn’t work to overcome our biases or engage with people outside our group, with strawmanning that seems really flimsy… and it has a bunch of upvotes. Seems like curiosity, argument, and humility are out, and hubris is in.
I believe they are saying that cheering for seeking out disagreement is learned helplessness as opposed to doing a cost-benefit analysis about seeking out disagreement. I am not sure I get that part either.
I was also confused reading the comment, thinking that maybe they copied the wrong paragraph, and meant the 2nd paragraph.
I am interested in the fact that you find the comment so cult-y though, because I didn’t pick that up.
It’s a fairly incoherent comment which argues that we shouldn’t work to overcome our biases or engage with people outside our group, with strawmanning that seems really flimsy… and it has a bunch of upvotes. Seems like curiosity, argument, and humility are out, and hubris is in.