= 27d567bc2d48d9f40e9ccc20ea370b15)
orthonormal comments on Composting fruitless debates - Less Wrong
You are viewing a comment permalink. View the original post to see all comments and the full post content.
= 783df68a0f980790206b9ea87794c5b6)
Loading…= b715d02e85f7b3b4ae65ca3d3e450868)
Subscribe to RSS Feed
Powered by Reddit
= f037147d6e6c911a85753b9abdedda8d)
You are viewing a comment permalink. View the original post to see all comments and the full post content.
Comments (26)
(seperator)
So it is mostly focused on LW, but there is a deeper issue here: What are you supposed to do when engaged in a childish/fruitless argument? I have yet to here a good universal answer. Maybe "just walk away" is good enough most of the time, but sometimes its not. Sometimes you can't walk away. Sometimes the issue is important.
I saw this as more a "community norms" fix than a universal cure for "someone's-wrong-on-the-internet" syndrome.
ETA: On second thought, I didn't really address your question. I guess I see it as obvious that most Internet arguments (outside of well-functioning communities) aren't worth entering as anything besides entertainment.
Ya, but even beyond the internet, this is a universal problem. Sometimes its more then just a hobby to try to convince someone to do the right thing. Virtually any political debate would be a good example. And the fact that our court system is so inconsistent only testifies to this problem.