It is kind of an awkward sentence. Here’s a less concise translation:
You are probably tempted to call people “crazy” and “stupid” pretty frequently, with a fair number of people. Fewer people than that are completely worth writing off. Since you are imperfectly rational, using “crazy” and “stupid” to describe people will tend to make you write them off. But, as just explained, this will result in you writing off people you shouldn’t.
I have been trying to use this sort of method (not writing people off as stupid or crazy, when they have beliefs that are less than perfectly rational) for some time now, and it can be confoundedly difficult.
However, I have noticed that by not just writing people off, often I am capable of finding some crack in the wall between us with which to make some sort of communication possible.
It is kind of an awkward sentence. Here’s a less concise translation:
You are probably tempted to call people “crazy” and “stupid” pretty frequently, with a fair number of people. Fewer people than that are completely worth writing off. Since you are imperfectly rational, using “crazy” and “stupid” to describe people will tend to make you write them off. But, as just explained, this will result in you writing off people you shouldn’t.
Thank you. This is almost what I expected.
I have been trying to use this sort of method (not writing people off as stupid or crazy, when they have beliefs that are less than perfectly rational) for some time now, and it can be confoundedly difficult.
However, I have noticed that by not just writing people off, often I am capable of finding some crack in the wall between us with which to make some sort of communication possible.