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by sangnoir
813 days ago
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Forgive me for going meta: Your "Socratic method" falls short when you ignore obvious context. You assumed the liat of reasons I stated was exhaustive, I clarified in my reply that it wasn't and then after another back-and-forth you suggested I may have "inadvertently" stumbled upon the the real reason of your concerns: complexity, which I suppose you felt you were strongly hinting at, but I had explicitly mentioned earlier. You will save yourself and others time by steelmanning and front-loading your priors - especially in written discussion forums like HN... Unless you're one of those people who enjoy debating more than learning other perspectives. This thread should not have been this deep when I have been stating "there are other factors" in my second contribution to it, and it turns out you were agreeing all along. |
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This isn't what happened - my end of the conversation was a reaction to your replies and only your replies.
> This thread should not have been this deep when I have been stating "there are other factors" in my second contribution to it, and it turns out you were agreeing all along.
You did in the prior reply - at least explictly - only. Forgive me for not making assumptions of things you didn't say.
But again, my point was that if "protection of society" is a factor in this complex system, there's not much argument against maximizing that.
All that said ...
> complexity, which I suppose you felt you were strongly hinting at, but I had explicitly mentioned earlier.
This wasn't my conclusion, it was simply a reaction to getting more information in that reply than you had previously offered.
> Unless you're one of those people who enjoy debating more than learning other perspectives.
:(
Getting a reductive comment like this doesn't help.