Something I’ve never had the opportunity to do before, since I’ve never revised a post before, is collect the comments that I think that added the most to the conversation by building on, responding to, questioning, or contradicting the post.
Here’s that list for this post:
This comment from Said Achmiz that seems correct to me in both its points: 1) that Nurture-like Cultures can be abused politically, and 2), that close interpersonal relationships trend Combative as the closeness grows.
Benquo’s comment about the dimension of whether participants are trying to minimize or maximize the scope of a disagreement.
Ben Pace’s comment talking about when and where the two cultures fit best, and particularly regarding how Nurture Culture is required to hold space when discussing sensitive topics like relationships, personal standards, and confronting large life choices.
PaulK’s comment about “articulability”: how a Nurturing culture makes it easier to express ill-formed, vague, or not yet justifiable thoughts.
AdrianSmith’s comment about how Combat Culture can help expose the weak points on one’s belief which wouldn’t come up in Nurture Culture (even if only updates after the heat of “battle”), and Said Achmiz’s expansion of this point with quotes from Schopenhauer, claiming that continuing to fight for one’s position without regard for truth might actually be epistemically advantageous.
Appendix 4: Author’s Favorite Comments
Something I’ve never had the opportunity to do before, since I’ve never revised a post before, is collect the comments that I think that added the most to the conversation by building on, responding to, questioning, or contradicting the post.
Here’s that list for this post:
This comment from Said Achmiz that seems correct to me in both its points: 1) that Nurture-like Cultures can be abused politically, and 2), that close interpersonal relationships trend Combative as the closeness grows.
Benquo’s comment about the dimension of whether participants are trying to minimize or maximize the scope of a disagreement.
Ben Pace’s comment talking about when and where the two cultures fit best, and particularly regarding how Nurture Culture is required to hold space when discussing sensitive topics like relationships, personal standards, and confronting large life choices.
PaulK’s comment about “articulability”: how a Nurturing culture makes it easier to express ill-formed, vague, or not yet justifiable thoughts.
AdrianSmith’s comment about how Combat Culture can help expose the weak points on one’s belief which wouldn’t come up in Nurture Culture (even if only updates after the heat of “battle”), and Said Achmiz’s expansion of this point with quotes from Schopenhauer, claiming that continuing to fight for one’s position without regard for truth might actually be epistemically advantageous.
Best humorous comments:
Richard_Kennaway’s retelling of the story of two Talmudic students going at it hammer and tongs.
Alephwyr’s comment about their own communication experiences.