Every time I think about rational discourse I think of this post. And I smile and chuckle a little.
I keep meaning to write a little followup titled something like:
An overlooked goddamn basic of rational discourse: Be Fucking Nice.
If you’re fucking irritating, people are going to be irritated at the points you’re making too, and they’ll find reasons to disbelieve them. This is goddam motivated reasoning, and it’s the bias fucking ruining our goddamn civilization. Don’t let it ruin your rational fucking discourse.
Being fucking nice does not mean saying you agree when you goddamn don’t. It means being pleasant to talk to. So suck it up and figure out how to be goddamn fucking nice.
Every time I think about rational discourse I think of this post. And I smile and chuckle a little.
I keep meaning to write a little followup titled something like:
An overlooked goddamn basic of rational discourse: Be Fucking Nice.
If you’re fucking irritating, people are going to be irritated at the points you’re making too, and they’ll find reasons to disbelieve them. This is goddam motivated reasoning, and it’s the bias fucking ruining our goddamn civilization. Don’t let it ruin your rational fucking discourse.
Being fucking nice does not mean saying you agree when you goddamn don’t. It means being pleasant to talk to. So suck it up and figure out how to be goddamn fucking nice.
Brief argument at Motivated reasoning/confirmation bias as the most important cognitive bias