this is literally the problem. parents don't even face minimal moral disapprobation for most abuses. people think the very idea of parents having power over children is funny, much as John Adams found it funny when his wife suggested men had power over women.https://twitter.com/nberlat/status/1338634504697749504 …
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You would think this would be obvious but no The worst was when I had a Christian teacher read us the story "The Monkey's Paw" and then warn us that the story proved messing with the occult is no laughing matter
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The steelman of this position is that people believe stories become popular and famous when the story "resonates" with many people and feels like it reflects reality Sure, that's as may be Those people can easily be wrong though
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i dont recall if theyre true or not but arent there a ton of stories about teachers trying to get their students to Lord of the Flies each other in controlled, safe ways and it just... doesnt work bc real kids dont do that
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I've been having that conversation re: Ayn Rand for decades now. It's easy to "prove" your point when you get to MAKE UP THE RULES OF HOW THE WORLD WORKS.
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Whaaaaaaaaat
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What people make up, and what stories are popular tells us *a lot* about psychology, almost by definition. It's expressed thought. The error you're describing is in treating what happens in stories as data representing what happens in life. That's totally different.
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The gulf between "tell" and "prove".
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As a biologist, it's very weird how often this comes up re: Michael Crichton
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I liked how all the arguments for why Jurassic Park couldn't contain the raptors should logically make it too dangerous to keep chimpanzees in zoos
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I think a lot about the use of fiction as reference for real life. For example, the horror cliche "the bad guy always comes back" in reference to Trump. But movies, and stay with me, are fiction. It seems like a lot of people can't tell the difference between reality and fiction.
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