I didn’t downvote the parent (and it seems to be back to 0 now). Short-term karma can fluctuate quite a bit.
Note that believing that technology does more harm than good does not equal advocating unfeasible or counterproductive countermeasures.
Agreed. I was just reacting to something that could be read as implying that group affiliation weighted as much or more than arguments.
In my mind, Inquiline’s phrase sounds a bit like something sometimes hear among Christians, “if Evolution is true, then Christianity is wrong”, which is used as an argument from one christian to another to reject evolution.
I didn’t downvote the parent (and it seems to be back to 0 now). Short-term karma can fluctuate quite a bit.
Agreed. I was just reacting to something that could be read as implying that group affiliation weighted as much or more than arguments.
In my mind, Inquiline’s phrase sounds a bit like something sometimes hear among Christians, “if Evolution is true, then Christianity is wrong”, which is used as an argument from one christian to another to reject evolution.
I was referring to your comment being voted down. The funny thing is I originally wrote “this comment” and edited to “the parent” to avoid ambiguity.
Hah, ok.