The conflict between "promises should be binding" and "idiots(including yourself at emotional moments make lots of dumb promises"
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Replying to @drethelin
@drethelin Not being an idiot isn't an option. Got to choose between being a honourable idiot and a dishonourable one.1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes -
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Replying to @drethelin
@drethelin Don't know what this means. People who break promises are (relatively) dishonourable, even if they were dumb promises.1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
Replying to @Dust_Foot
@A_P_Mason
@drethelin getting people to make dumb promises and feel bound by them is like 80% of peopling1 reply 2 retweets 4 likes -
Replying to @sarahdoingthing
@sarahdoingthing@drethelin Are promise-making and -keeping human universals? (I assume you know because you know all the universals).1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
@A_P_Mason @drethelin donald brown & basil blackwell have argued that it is - the higher the level of complexity, the more it's universal
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