A lot of casual criticism I see boils down to "this thing/person is uncool" and it's frustrating because I want to know the actual reasons why the thing is disagreed with (...if there are any)
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Uncoolness claims are very absorbable. You acquire a sense of aversion despite never vetting the source as a trustworthy coolness arbiter
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it’s annoying but probably way way way more efficient to do it aesthetically rather than analytically
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I think aesthetics is really undervalued in its importance in both ethics and rationality. We like to imagine that our sense of beautiful is distinct from what we judge as good and/or true, but I think that is a self-delusion.
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