• AnalogyAddict@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    You can’t have an intellectually honest conversation if there is a bad actor. Intellectual conversations of any kind are predicated on at least two parties doing the mental work necessary to understand the other side, rather than arguing simply for a feeling of being right.

    The moment a question like that is posed, it’s no longer an intellectual conversation, it’s one person put in the position of teaching something basic to someone who doesn’t want to learn. No adult owes that to anyone, unless they are being paid to do it.

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      1 year ago

      The moment a question like that is posed, it’s no longer an intellectual conversation, it’s one person put in the position of teaching something basic to someone who doesn’t want to learn.

      That’s one hell of an assumption / straw man you have there.

      I would challenge you to consider that you might be incorrect about that, to consider not doing that classification if it’s just questions you don’t like, or more importantly, don’t have an answer to.

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        1 year ago

        It’s not a good look to assume that someone doesn’t have an answer, just because they don’t find it worthwhile to teach you basic thinking skills.

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          Still doesn’t negate my point.

          You can throw insults around like a fighter jet shooting out chaff to avoid a missile strike, but that doesn’t change anything.