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mrglwrf comments on [LINK] Two Modes of Discourse: Taking everything personally v. debate as sport - Less Wrong Discussion

6 Post author: Vaniver 10 December 2012 07:46AM

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Comment author: mrglwrf 12 December 2012 07:08:04PM 0 points [-]

The assumption of the adversarial mode is that if the other person loses their temper, it's because their position is weak.

Wouldn't this reward trolling?