Vaniver comments on The Illusion of Sameness - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Elizabeth 22 January 2011 06:39:50PM 3 points [-]

That wasn't really the nature of the shock. It wasn't that they got their news from conservative sources, or that their beliefs were different from mine. I have no trouble with the concept of people who believe fundamentally different things are desirable. Just because I believe that preserving the environment is desirable, for example, doesn't mean others will. My shock was that they believed in fundamentally different facts. I had difficulty with the difference in belief about what is true, not the difference in what to do about it.

Comment author: Vaniver 22 January 2011 06:57:05PM 4 points [-]

My shock was that they believed in fundamentally different facts.

The worst place for fact disagreements, in my experience, is discussions about race or sex. I'm having a hard time thinking of subjects that are more murderous to minds.