Look I'm all for this *but it doesn't work against propaganda*
@slatestarcodex you might want steelmanning, charity, good faith, but we don't live in that world anymore than we live in a world where material needs are met and discrimination is gone.http://slatestarcodex.com/2018/05/08/varieties-of-argumentative-experience/ …
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7) I understand it is really tempting just to try to get "our" side to spread better propaganda. But are you a better propagandist than Breitbart? If not, you lose. If so, you win by coincidence, and your side loses later when the coincidence reverses.
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8) Teaching people to reason is the only way to do better than "let's hope the best propagandist is also a good guy". & as Gandhi said, "if you think the world is all bad, remember it contains people like you". If you can reason beyond absorbing propaganda, why not teach others?
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