Farcaster

My take on FC’s unspoken etiquette after 20+ months here:

- Debate ideas, not people. Never engage in ad hominem attacks. Don’t let your ego take things personally. Everyone must leave feeling smarter, not angrier.

- Make a genuine effort to steelman opposing views before replying. Find your own blind spot, even if buried deep. Assume good and sincere intentions in others.

- Take this as an experimental lab to get to the truth together, rather than to prove anyone wrong. Treat it as a PvE game, not Squid Games.

What else?

PhD in aviation ∩ climate science | Aviator, diver, ETH maxi, nexialist | Host of /diving /ethfinance /eth-staker /geopolitics /science /singapore /thomas

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Ahhh.

Essentially if you are in a disagreement, check to see where the other person is coming from before trying.  Yeah, I understand.

It’s when you deliberately pause to think about how you can strengthen the other person’s argument instead of weakening it.

It’s a counter intuitive thing to do when faced with an argument that your gut reaction is to reject.

But that person is holding their viewpoint for a reason, and even if that reason is flawed, there may be other reasons why the argument itself has merit.

It’s a way to force oneself to think deeper about a topic than play the blue/red team game of just repeating the same clichés

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Engaging in good faith with the strongest version of an opposing argument, also known as being charitable in your interpretation of their view