It usually takes a lot more time to do and a larger inferential distance to bridge. Also the existence of this thread itself encourages and creates positive reinforcement for low quality contrarian ideas.
Edit: Oh are you asking why I criticized a made up idea instead of one in this thread? I didn’t want to get dragged into the object level, and I didn’t want to seem like I was picking on someone, I just wanted to illustrate why it takes longer to respond to an idea than to generate it. The idea I criticized is similar to comments I’ve read here and on the Facebook page.
It usually takes a lot more time to do and a larger inferential distance to bridge.
I understand the former, but the latter seems to be false to me. In my view, crazy ideas are “crazy” because they require crossing a larger inferential distance. Either that or they make no sense at all (like some of the ones here), in which case the inferential distance needed to reject the idea is also pretty short.
Edit: On reflection, I think I get this now and agree with you.
Why not just criticize the actual crazy ideas?
It usually takes a lot more time to do and a larger inferential distance to bridge. Also the existence of this thread itself encourages and creates positive reinforcement for low quality contrarian ideas.
Edit: Oh are you asking why I criticized a made up idea instead of one in this thread? I didn’t want to get dragged into the object level, and I didn’t want to seem like I was picking on someone, I just wanted to illustrate why it takes longer to respond to an idea than to generate it. The idea I criticized is similar to comments I’ve read here and on the Facebook page.
I understand the former, but the latter seems to be false to me. In my view, crazy ideas are “crazy” because they require crossing a larger inferential distance. Either that or they make no sense at all (like some of the ones here), in which case the inferential distance needed to reject the idea is also pretty short.
Edit: On reflection, I think I get this now and agree with you.