First attempt at synthesizing responses that seem to get at the essence here. "Bad faith is a hostile rhetorical stance whose justification rests on incuriosity about one's own motives." Alt: "Acting maliciously, while feeling virtuous, by bullshitting yourself about yourself"https://twitter.com/vgr/status/1104463732355166208 …
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Replying to @vgr
A bad faith actor unaware of acting in bad faith is an oxymoron.
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Replying to @GeneLinetsky
they're aware of acting in bad faith, but not of their own motives in doing so, they're only aware of the gap between their stated and actual motives in the conversation as opposed to their own positions
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Replying to @vgr @GeneLinetsky
"I'll pretend to be sincere about wanting real debate so I can disrupt this climate believer conference with my skeptical views" but not "hmm, why am I attracted to the climate skeptic position?"
12:32 PM - 9 Mar 2019
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