That’s a very sensible answer, and I’ll accept it. The discrepancy, then, is that the contents of this post seem about as self-evident to me as the emotional nihilism advice does; I’m quite surprised to find that it’s more controversial. Is there some common knowledge I’m contradicting?
I dislike presentation of emotional nihilism post for the same reason. No contradictions, just prior expectation that mere sensible advice often doesn’t work in complicated social context, and empirical evidence is necessary to distinguish things that actually work from things that seem reasonable but don’t.
That’s a very sensible answer, and I’ll accept it. The discrepancy, then, is that the contents of this post seem about as self-evident to me as the emotional nihilism advice does; I’m quite surprised to find that it’s more controversial. Is there some common knowledge I’m contradicting?
I dislike presentation of emotional nihilism post for the same reason. No contradictions, just prior expectation that mere sensible advice often doesn’t work in complicated social context, and empirical evidence is necessary to distinguish things that actually work from things that seem reasonable but don’t.