sometimes if you actually wonder why people are like this, instead of just using it as a cutesy way of calling them dumb, you find answershttps://twitter.com/grantwarkentin/status/1186070092485783552 …
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Replying to @chaosprime
"I could never understand X" as a thinly-disguised moral judgment really grinds my gears. We're scientists, goddammit, "not understanding" says nothing of the not-understood thing — it just means you're a bad understander. Try harder!
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it's a fun and effective way to point out nonsensical/useless beliefs, however - less an admittance of failure to understand than a genuine inquiry that calls the listener to question his position
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Replying to @erin_nerung @inpathos and
Actually Wondering Why People Pretend To Wonder Things As A Way To Call Others Dumb
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always go full meta about going full meta
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Replying to @chaosprime @erin_nerung and
you have gone full meta iff you have gone full meta
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