There’s a really seductive idea out there that people who don’t or can’t pursue certain forms of deliberate serious thought aren’t actually thinking creatures at all. It doesn’t really work that way.
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Replying to @DistractedAnna
ehhhh this is a strawman, the NPC meme isn't literal, it's meant to encode a realization
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Replying to @sonyasupposedly @DistractedAnna
thinking about it more, I think our perspectives schism on this topic less because we believe different things on the object level — though of course that is the case, inevitably, to some extent. But where we really diverge is what's important to emphasize. I don't think the
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empathy you call for is possible without grokking the degree to which people's mental experiences and capacities are different. I think most people don't get this — maybe not most in our circle, but at large, so I find it important to promulgate the basic idea. To be glib,
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perhaps the typical-mind fallacy is the root of all evil. Ironically, that is precisely what bothers you — people trying to grope past the typical-mind fallacy and fucking it up due to insufficient training data. But it's actually really hard to get that training data firsthand
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Replying to @sonyasupposedly @DistractedAnna
So I'll admit it frustrates me somewhat that your focus is on narrative rather than providing fresh substance. I can easily entertain that common cognitive limitations don't line up with shitposter folk consensus. But where do they lie, then? I would love to hear that!
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I've recently been coming to two shocking (to me) realizations. Like, I always knew both of these intellectually, but now I'm REALLY getting them * some people are REALLY REALLY DUMB * they're still people, w emotions, cares, loves Think about this a ton re my BarnLaw neighbors
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