Pretty sure the double −17 downvotes for trying to hold him accountable (to the question of whether or not he has updated) is proof of my original conjecture that this community has problems with epistemic humility.
Rationality is about logic, not tone or hurt feelings.
I thought the point of rationality was not to let our human emotions get in the way of truth.
...You do not appear to me to have very much regard for the truth, given the whole thing where you declared that someone had not updated when they obviously had based only on them refusing to talk to you when you were being kind of rude.
I guess “There is no appreciable risk from non-Western countries whatsover,” (as well as his other predictions in that video clip) did turn out wrong.
Based on his language use, he does sound defensive about being wrong,[1] but you also sound defensive about people criticizing your debate style.
The truth is we are all human, and it’s unrealistic for humans to be unaffected by emotion and follow only logic! We are all defensive, and that’s okay.
If someone is defensive, please do not repeatedly ping them challenging them to finish the debate, because the only thing that accomplishes is make them feel bad, and never changes their minds.
I used my strong votes to reduce the −17 downvotes to −14, in case that makes you feel less defensive and more willing to agree. That’s how defensiveness works, see? :)
I suspect he was defensive because of your awkward screenshot of him. It somehow paints a really bad picture of him, but you probably did that by accident so it’s just a misunderstanding :/
Pretty sure the double −17 downvotes for trying to hold him accountable (to the question of whether or not he has updated) is proof of my original conjecture that this community has problems with epistemic humility.
Rationality is about logic, not tone or hurt feelings.
I thought the point of rationality was not to let our human emotions get in the way of truth.
...You do not appear to me to have very much regard for the truth, given the whole thing where you declared that someone had not updated when they obviously had based only on them refusing to talk to you when you were being kind of rude.
I guess “There is no appreciable risk from non-Western countries whatsover,” (as well as his other predictions in that video clip) did turn out wrong.
Based on his language use, he does sound defensive about being wrong,[1] but you also sound defensive about people criticizing your debate style.
The truth is we are all human, and it’s unrealistic for humans to be unaffected by emotion and follow only logic! We are all defensive, and that’s okay.
If someone is defensive, please do not repeatedly ping them challenging them to finish the debate, because the only thing that accomplishes is make them feel bad, and never changes their minds.
I used my strong votes to reduce the −17 downvotes to −14, in case that makes you feel less defensive and more willing to agree. That’s how defensiveness works, see? :)
I suspect he was defensive because of your awkward screenshot of him. It somehow paints a really bad picture of him, but you probably did that by accident so it’s just a misunderstanding :/