SenK@lemmy.ca to Showerthoughts · 17 hours agoPeople who reject challenging ideas as stupid without engagement are like intellectual nepobabiesmessage-squaremessage-square66linkfedilinkarrow-up1133arrow-down115file-text
arrow-up1118arrow-down1message-squarePeople who reject challenging ideas as stupid without engagement are like intellectual nepobabiesSenK@lemmy.ca to Showerthoughts · 17 hours agomessage-square66linkfedilinkfile-text
Inheriting their worldview from consensus or comfort, never having to earn it through actual thought.
minus-squareYliasterlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·10 hours agoHow do you determine what’s not in good faith? I would imagine this would tie to values, but do those become the unquestionable object, then?
minus-squareclean_anion@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·3 hours agoI assume good faith unless clear evidence indicates otherwise. I try to adopt a more general version of WP:AGF in life.
minus-squareSpiffyPotato@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·9 hours agoThat’s a great question and I’m not sure I have a definitive answer. For lack of better description, it would be the vibe I got from them: Do I feel like they’re being deliberately argumentative. Do I feel like they’re trying to twist my words in an unkind way. Are they looking for ways to find offence in what I’ve said.
minus-squarelastlybutfirstlylinkfedilinkarrow-up2·8 hours ago How do you determine what’s not in good faith? I personally always assume good faith. I can’t read people’s minds. On the Internet, I can’t even see facial expressions or hear how they’re saying it. It’s like that Key and Peele text message sketch.
How do you determine what’s not in good faith?
I would imagine this would tie to values, but do those become the unquestionable object, then?
I assume good faith unless clear evidence indicates otherwise. I try to adopt a more general version of WP:AGF in life.
That’s a great question and I’m not sure I have a definitive answer. For lack of better description, it would be the vibe I got from them:
I personally always assume good faith. I can’t read people’s minds. On the Internet, I can’t even see facial expressions or hear how they’re saying it. It’s like that Key and Peele text message sketch.