Disagree! Publicly refuting arguments that are wrong has important social value in convincing the yet-undecided silent majority. But it's definitely the case that not all argument is productive in this way and there's an art to being effective.
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Vitalik, I completely agree that qualified & educated arguments are productive, but as u wrote, there's 'an art to being effective', & so it behooves us not to 'argue' for best effect. Instead, we civilly refute, discuss, debate etc, so that listeners are provided a rounded case
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If you want me to argue with you, you have to post something I disagree with. This ain't it.
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This is my problem - I follow too many clever people. I *want* to have a good argument, but they’re too damn well informed and reasonable!
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Bestest: doing something good or making something beautiful, bypassing argument altogether.
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Go on Chapo
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Somewhere on this spectrum is arguing with someone whose mind cannot be changed when the argument may change the mind of a listener
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I'm personally okay with arguing with some wrong people even if their minds are unlikely to be changed if it's also on the internet since people reading the conversation could change their minds.
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Currently not easy to find good/better/beat folks in Texas, so I don’t argue lol
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Not to mention I like Better best because Better leads to a better baseline to the benefit of all whereas bringing up the Betters to best has smaller incremental benefits
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But that’s an off the cuff reaction - I may be wrong!
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That’s some Dr Suess shit right there
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Which means you almost need to engage with everyone because one seldom knows before hand if the interlocutor claims membership with the anointed, with the angels, with the trying, or with the damned.
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Bester: Hive mind.
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Best-est: winning the argument with your credit card provider to forgive the charges
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Errare humanum est
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