Lemmites after leaving the house and interacting with one person.
Nothing wrong with different tastes or opinions that aren’t objectively bad. The issue is that do many people have objectively bad opinions. Things like racism, anti-lgbtq+, hate of anyone outside their religion, pedophilia, animal cruelty, etc. Those are objectively wrong opinions that need to be reacted to with strong opposition and taken as serious problems.
Sure but you can’t treat them as serious problems if you don’t understand why they exist.
critical rationalists encountering literally anyone making a scientific claim
It’s actually impossible for two people to have different reactions to something, no matter how different their beliefs or life experiences are. There are only two reasons a person might disagree with you, they’re being paid off by sinister forces or they’re a bot.
I disagree. Money pleaseeeeee
Print out your posting history and fax it in triplicate to the embassy or corporation of your choice, you can expect payment within 7-10 business days.
Someday I should send an unsolicited invoice for something and just see what happens.
I think they’re in love with me but afraid to show it
Sounds like sinistsr forces.
Or a bot.
Sounds like you’re in love with me too! God, why is everyone so obsessed with me
That’s a ridiculous thing to assume just because someone disagrees with you… b-baka!
They can’t possibly hold a different opinion from me, it must be that they don’t truly understand! I’d better explain it again.
Nah, just say “read theory” or “google it” or whatever
Don’t forget to raise your voice, get flustered, and start pointing out their character flaws irrelevant to the issue at hand
“Oh yeah? Well you’re just a fascist zionist shitlib defender of empire!”
“What does that have to do with my favorite Spice Girl?”
Everything, if it’s Posh Spice.
More like Bourgeois Spice! Hurhurhur (I’m so original)
Context really matters.
Although I agree these people are just annoying in most cases, not all disagreement is equally valid. In too many discussions today, facts get dismissed as “that’s just, like, your opinion, man.” Facts really should change your mind when explained well.
It’s frustrating how predominant this anti-intellectualism has become. I get the tendency to think: “if you’d just educate yourself…”
“Anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that ‘my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.’”
-Isaac Asimov
Facts don’t change people’s minds. The main thing that matters is “is the source in my in-group?”
This is kind of a stupid way to live, but that’s the human baseline. So that’s how all the conservatives live, and why they won’t come around on things like climate change. They’re not listening to facts. They’re listening to their in-group.
Yes exactly, I know facts do not change people’s minds. I said facts SHOULD change people’s minds.
I don’t think their inability to process facts and change their minds is a reason to stop trying, I think the rest of us giving up is dangerous and that is what is happening right now.
Right. I think winning moves might have to play into people’s emotions. Don’t tell conservatives that greenhouse gases cause more heat to be trapped. Tell them like ONLY AMERICA CAN DEFEAT PHYSICS AND MOVE INTO THE FUTURE or whatever.
“Why are people mad that Playstation is going full digital? I haven’t bought a game on a disc in years”
Kinda depends on what you’re talking about. Most things sure, others are legit kinda fucked full stop regardless.
context matters
Lemmy in a nut shell.
Everything in a nutshell
I disagree. Physical interaction is necessary for real empathy. People should get offline more, volunteer, hangout out with their community. Just seeing a person’s face, even over video conference charges interactions.
I meant everything online, yes meeting people in person (or treating them with more humanity when online) are good ways to see the humanity in others. You might not like them, but you’ll get them a little better.
wRoNg ReSeArCh!!!
It’s also why we can’t move forward.
“Welcome to Lemmy, how leftist are you?”
the answer is “not enough”
I’m not sure exactly which policies you’re referring to, but if it’s the main one which is workers owning the tools that produce value, it’s hardly surprising that a bunch of people who weren’t cool with a big centralized corporation making decisions without consulting them would feel that way.
The answer is also “too much”.
The aye of the bee holder and all that.
This made me snort, then nod while thinking “so true” to myself.
We call that a marriage.
