diff --git a/infra/website/content/blog/xxx_be_wrong.md b/infra/website/content/blog/xxx_be_wrong.md index 1972088a139..429c44975c9 100644 --- a/infra/website/content/blog/xxx_be_wrong.md +++ b/infra/website/content/blog/xxx_be_wrong.md @@ -20,12 +20,13 @@ internet the article had garnered a reputation for "speaking truth to power", feeding into a weird Red Hat conspiracy theory that I felt even more uncomfortable with. + ## Discourse neurology This style of rhetoric, the "taking apart an argument so I don't have to think about it too hard", has become very common in modern discourse. This is driven by the "fight or flight" response of the -amygdala in our brains. A feeling of physical anxiety floods us when +amygdala in our brains [^1]. A feeling of physical anxiety floods us when we are on the defensive, for whatever reason. And all logic goes out the window. @@ -37,7 +38,11 @@ Admitting to being wrong is seen as a weakness and connected to shame, a loss of status, and humiliation. And so, we are never wrong. We attack our intellectual oponents in order to relieve ourselves of the responsibility of having to engage with an argument that makes us -uncomfortable. This is how filter bubbles get created too. +uncomfortable. This is how filter bubbles get created too [^2]. + +[^1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fight-or-flight_response#Reaction +[^2]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filter_bubble#Ethical_implications + ## Hope for the future