Ah, Chris. thank you for consistently being a breath of fresh, sane air.😅 I've been asking around a lot recently, including in my article, and as of yet, not one single person has been able to explain why this is even controversial.
Of course, I suspect the reason is that we've decided that re…
Ah, Chris. thank you for consistently being a breath of fresh, sane air.😅 I've been asking around a lot recently, including in my article, and as of yet, not one single person has been able to explain why this is even controversial.
Of course, I suspect the reason is that we've decided that reality is an acceptable sacrifice if it means protecting people's feelings. And this is fine and lovely on an individual level, but absolutely destructive on a societal level. remember how, for a while, there was that other "gotcha" question?:
Is a trans woman a *real* woman?
The question itself provides the answer. But the failure to be honest there, was the beginning of the ridiculous situation we find ourselves in now.
Pure gold: “we've decided that reality is an acceptable sacrifice if it means protecting people's feelings. And this is fine and lovely on an individual level, but absolutely destructive on a societal level.”
As a pragmatist, I so struggle with this approach. It will never move us forward or solve actual bigotry in any meaningful way but will devolve society into a war of all against all.
How can major percentages of our younger generations be such weak thinkers? Is digital space toxic enough to catalyze this trend? It truly makes one wonder at the vulnerability of human perception to signalling. It's gone beyond “we are social animals” to we are predisposed to a sort of "hive mindedness.” If I were able to live my life over again, I think I would become a neuroscientist and study this one thing. There has to be an answer.
"There really should be no controversy here"
Ah, Chris. thank you for consistently being a breath of fresh, sane air.😅 I've been asking around a lot recently, including in my article, and as of yet, not one single person has been able to explain why this is even controversial.
Of course, I suspect the reason is that we've decided that reality is an acceptable sacrifice if it means protecting people's feelings. And this is fine and lovely on an individual level, but absolutely destructive on a societal level. remember how, for a while, there was that other "gotcha" question?:
Is a trans woman a *real* woman?
The question itself provides the answer. But the failure to be honest there, was the beginning of the ridiculous situation we find ourselves in now.
Pure gold: “we've decided that reality is an acceptable sacrifice if it means protecting people's feelings. And this is fine and lovely on an individual level, but absolutely destructive on a societal level.”
As a pragmatist, I so struggle with this approach. It will never move us forward or solve actual bigotry in any meaningful way but will devolve society into a war of all against all.
How can major percentages of our younger generations be such weak thinkers? Is digital space toxic enough to catalyze this trend? It truly makes one wonder at the vulnerability of human perception to signalling. It's gone beyond “we are social animals” to we are predisposed to a sort of "hive mindedness.” If I were able to live my life over again, I think I would become a neuroscientist and study this one thing. There has to be an answer.