If you want to argue with me on FC, please attempt to climb as high on the pyramid as possible.

Your choice to live in the name-calling zone, but decent chance I ignore or mute you.

This diagram based on How to Disagree was what made me mostly tune out Paul Graham. Ironically, people’s filters are actually a solid basis for tuning your own.

This is a filter model for the powerful-but-overwhelmed pretending to be a reasonable discourse model for truth-seeking. A consent manufacturing funnel that eventually ossifies into a reality distortion field and then decays into a charismatic epistemology (see linked thread).

I rarely descend to the lower levels, but consider a dash of name-calling a reliable indicator of a real signal. But I don’t care enough to actively disagree with people who feel the need for unilateral rules of engagement. And to be fair, once someone has installed such a filter, I’m not a particularly useful person to talk to for them either. So no loss.

But yeah, this is why I give the “civil debate” crowd a wide berth. I’m a fairly civil person but have never had a useful “civil debate” in my life.

This diagram based on How to Disagree was what made me mostly tune out Paul Graham. Ironically, people’s filters are actually a solid basis for tuning your own.

This is a filter model for the powerful-but-overwhelmed pretending to be a reasonable discourse model for truth-seeking. A consent manufacturing funnel that eventually ossifies into a reality distortion field and then decays into a charismatic epistemology (see linked thread).

I rarely descend to the lower levels, but consider a dash of name-calling a reliable indicator of a real signal. But I don’t care enough to actively disagree with people who feel the need for unilateral rules of engagement. And to be fair, once someone has installed such a filter, I’m not a particularly useful person to talk to for them either. So no loss.

But yeah, this is why I give the “civil debate” crowd a wide berth. I’m a fairly civil person but have never had a useful “civil debate” in my life.

https://x.com/vgr/status/1421268674313220102

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Big difference between shared history of engagement with name-calling vs. initial interaction

I’m fine with arbitrary and capricious if I like the person. :)

Trying to PG Level 4 it huh 🧐

Your response is only level 1 on my own undocumented hierarchy. Which is entirely arbitrary and capricious and changes everyday.