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Once affect is involved, you’re committed and engaged in a way that bloodless epistemological debates can’t touch
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I suspect that arguing about whether something is good or bad is an extremely effective way for humans to learn about it
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No it isn't
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actually it’s good
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Wonder how this applies to non-participants in a debate who haven’t formed an opinion yet. Thinking of experiences where hearing a lot of people say that something is bad makes you want to learn more about it.
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yeah at minimum it signals it’s something people care enough about to make a good/bad judgment
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Also a very effective form of nerd sniping
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Banana: Arguing whether something is good or bad helps people learn Everyone: That's bad lolol Me: *clenched teeth trying not to form an actual opinion*
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