Mindless and heavily-procedural contrarianism is a plague on substantive debate and critical thinking. Lemme come up with a clever, contrarian point is too-heavily prized and it usually *displaces* the kind of debate one needs. I saw it so much this pandemic.
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Okey dokey. To restate: I object to this because the "devil's advocate" method, especially in context of platform design, encourages empty dunking that passes as critical thinking, and "hurl me into the sun" is an almost comical example of exactly that!https://twitter.com/jessesingal/status/1383267303035346949 …
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Let me add this: you have to think of it all in the context of today's public sphere and attention economy. "Devil's advocate" isn't a debate skill that's operating in a vacuum, but in a world where gamified contrarianism/DA is lucrative and rewarding.https://twitter.com/zeynep/status/1383410899155750916 …
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