chesterton’s anti-fence: when a group of people has torn down a fence, do not argue for putting it back up until you understand why they wanted it gone
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if people use it as if it’s an 80-20 rule of thumb, and it’s actually a 50-50 rule of thumb, it’s not doing very well as a heuristic
It’s nit 50-50. Both are 80-20 because they are different sets of situations. Your 2 statements are just opposed not alternatives
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The actual situational inverse of Chesterton Fence is Gordon Knot
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I disagree, but I wasn’t even arguing about this heuristic—just that such a thing exists!
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