I wish people would be more careful about reinforcing attribution error. We all (including me) have a tendency to talk about types of people rather than behaviors.
I wish we talked about mistake theory rather than mistake theorists. I wish we talked about ideas or discussions at a given simulacra level, rather than people operating at that level. Recently, I wish it were a discussion about “empathetic oofs” rather than “empathetic oofers”.
I find it offputting, and it makes it harder for me to accept the underlying thesis, when such behaviors are attributed to immutable personality types. More importantly, I think it constrains our analysis very severely not to recognize that these are valid (or at least common) strategies, and we should strive to use both when appropriate.
I wish people would be more careful about reinforcing attribution error. We all (including me) have a tendency to talk about types of people rather than behaviors.
I wish we talked about mistake theory rather than mistake theorists. I wish we talked about ideas or discussions at a given simulacra level, rather than people operating at that level. Recently, I wish it were a discussion about “empathetic oofs” rather than “empathetic oofers”.
I find it offputting, and it makes it harder for me to accept the underlying thesis, when such behaviors are attributed to immutable personality types. More importantly, I think it constrains our analysis very severely not to recognize that these are valid (or at least common) strategies, and we should strive to use both when appropriate.