maybe i can only convince people of the correctness of my opinions by insulting them enough to make them look for flaws and fail
@admittedlyhuman that sounds right. it wasn't really a serious proposal
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@admittedlyhuman people have to be intellectually honest for alternative approaches to work too though -
@VesselOfSpirit not if you're creative. what you need to do is use trickery and deceit to get around their intellectual dishonesty. -
@admittedlyhuman but that requires having a model of the opponent. it's hard enough just having a model of reality
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@VesselOfSpirit forcing unwilling people to accept the correctness of my opinions is an obsession of mine, I think about it a lotThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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