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by Vegenoid
674 days ago
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> But there are benefits. It does save a lot of money for the entertainment industry when you need to edit or do retakes. I think the downside is 10 orders of magnitude larger than this benefit. I also think there are more people who'd call this usage a downside than a benefit. |
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I actually agree that the downsides outweigh the upsides.
The intent of my comment is not to defend this work, it is actually more about how to better construct arguments against it. That is why I do not begin with "you're [tdeck] wrong" but specify that the argument undermines the goals.
The point is who your speech is targeted at. If your audience is people who already agree that the downsides outweigh the benefits, the argument is fine. But it also isn't that fruitful, is it. But if your argument is intended to persuade people to agree with you, who already do not, then I think the argument will only amplify such disagreement.
If we recognize that most people aren't intentionally malicious, then if we are to persuade them to be in agreement we must also understand what persuaded them to be in disagreement. It is easy to brush this off as "money" or "stupidity" but doing so won't help you construct an effective argument.
I also need to stress my point in that this construction is harmful to yourself! If we are quick to simplify and see how obvious something is through hindsight, it will make us ill equipped to prevent such mistakes beforehand. Because what's obvious post hoc is not a priori. So don't dig your own grave. Especially because the grave is dug slowly. It's far more effective to be able to recognize it when the grave is shallow and you can still climb out.