yep, fair! Do you think the point would come across better if Alice was nice? (I wasn’t sure I could make Alice nice without an extra few thousand words, but maybe someone more skilful could.)
I think a lot of us have voices in our heads that are meaner than Alice, so if you think Alice is going to cause burnout, I think we need a response that is better than Bob’s (and better than “I’m just going to reject all assholes out of hand”, because I can’t use that on myself!)
I think being nicer would make truthseeking easier but isn’t truthseeking in and of itself.
I also think it’s a mistake to assume your inner Alice would shut up if only you came up with a good enough argument. The loudest alarm is probably false. Truthseeking might be useful in convincing other parts of your brain to stop giving Alice so much weight, but I would include “is Alice updating in response to facts?” as part of that investigation.
yep, fair! Do you think the point would come across better if Alice was nice? (I wasn’t sure I could make Alice nice without an extra few thousand words, but maybe someone more skilful could.)
I think a lot of us have voices in our heads that are meaner than Alice, so if you think Alice is going to cause burnout, I think we need a response that is better than Bob’s (and better than “I’m just going to reject all assholes out of hand”, because I can’t use that on myself!)
I think being nicer would make truthseeking easier but isn’t truthseeking in and of itself.
I also think it’s a mistake to assume your inner Alice would shut up if only you came up with a good enough argument. The loudest alarm is probably false. Truthseeking might be useful in convincing other parts of your brain to stop giving Alice so much weight, but I would include “is Alice updating in response to facts?” as part of that investigation.