From 4b899d2780ef32b934cbe508dd664a225068bdfa Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Katharina Fey Date: Wed, 13 Apr 2022 15:13:53 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] website: small formatting changes --- .../content/blog/{xxx_be_wrong.md => 124_be_wrong.md} | 8 ++++---- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) rename infra/website/content/blog/{xxx_be_wrong.md => 124_be_wrong.md} (93%) diff --git a/infra/website/content/blog/xxx_be_wrong.md b/infra/website/content/blog/124_be_wrong.md similarity index 93% rename from infra/website/content/blog/xxx_be_wrong.md rename to infra/website/content/blog/124_be_wrong.md index e03b7b4e40f..10929e2785a 100644 --- a/infra/website/content/blog/xxx_be_wrong.md +++ b/infra/website/content/blog/124_be_wrong.md @@ -25,9 +25,9 @@ even more uncomfortable with. 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 [^1]. A feeling of physical anxiety floods us when -we are on the defensive, for whatever reason. And all logic goes out -the window. +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. Many of the arguments you see online (and many offline too, don't get me wrong!) center around this emotional response and it is one that @@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ 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 [^2]. +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