cri de coeur from Sonya I feel this Also I have felt this for years and have developed, Workarounds here are several, a helpful primerhttps://twitter.com/sonyasupposedly/status/1286041731545223169 …
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1. Don't actually defend your beliefs whatever they happen to be Ideally don't even reveal them except for confidants Explicating beliefs is an attack surface for tiresome people
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2. This is kind of sad because it limits what you can say directly, but our friend Strauss lights the way Encrypting your beliefs when you /must/ explicate them is actually a lot of fun ime photo credit to
@literalbanana of coursepic.twitter.com/YrZDsuBADv
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3. In any case expressing your beliefs is less valuable in most circumstances than asking questions, and as dear Socrates demonstrated you can often do a better job making an argument by interrogation than you can by declaration
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4. What if you are cornered? You have two options One is asking questions to make sure you understand your interlocutors point, which you agree in advance is a point you absolutely agree with even if you dont quite understand the details https://twitter.com/eigenrobot/status/1272695364626210822?s=19 …
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what if you use your beliefs as an attack surface to keep your own ego in check? how does that line up with appearing to other people to be a coherent human being?
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cultivating a reputation as a madman is an excellent defense against the dumb Art's
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