Doing this challenge: for three months, read books by people you disagree withhttps://thingofthings.wordpress.com/2016/11/15/epistemic-closure-reading-challenge/ …
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Replying to @lumenphosphor
the last time I tried this I turned into
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Replying to @literalbanana @lumenphosphor
your spouse was not too happy about that, I imagine
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Replying to @St_Rev @lumenphosphor
the constantly yelling "WHAT THE FUCKING FUCK" was a bit grating I imagine
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Replying to @literalbanana @lumenphosphor
To be honest though, I avoid reading stuff I strongly disagree with. I look for stuff I don't know much about.
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...but which overlaps stuff I am interested in. Trying to expand things I understand more than overturn them.
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Maybe this is because it's fairly trivial for me to spin out multiple theories that explain the same data...
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So I keep compulsively undermining my beliefs anyway. (I do not recommend this!)
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it's a) demonstrably dangerous and b) the only thing that's fun at all
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also it's super boring to write about things that people are likely to already have an opinion on
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