what do you think the Socratic method was invented for?
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making people mad
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It’s not about keeping it in check, just orienting toward longer-term goals. Tell your ego that by being nice, not only could you learn something useful for status-boosting, but you could gain an ally, plus the admiration of onlookers.
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I like the idea of being partners with your ego, I associate that with tantric buddhism
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The approach I'm still developing is to only make statements that are both point-scoring and nice, such that a well-intentioned interlocutor collapses the wave-function one way instead of the other. I'm not there yet, but I think the method holds promise.
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oh I like that idea! like friendly judo somehow
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I don’t even try. Immediate petty point-scoring operations commence at slightest excuse. I only check ego by accident or due to genuine confusion.
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Same.
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