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Katharina Fey 2 years ago
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@ -25,9 +25,9 @@ even more uncomfortable with.
This style of rhetoric, the "taking apart an argument so I don't have 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 to think about it too hard", has become very common in modern
discourse. This is driven by the "fight or flight" response of the 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 amygdala in our brains. [^1] A feeling of physical anxiety floods us
we are on the defensive, for whatever reason. And all logic goes out when we are on the defensive, for whatever reason. And all logic goes
the window. out the window.
Many of the arguments you see online (and many offline too, don't get 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 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 a loss of status, and humiliation. And so, we are never wrong. We
attack our intellectual oponents in order to relieve ourselves of the attack our intellectual oponents in order to relieve ourselves of the
responsibility of having to engage with an argument that makes us 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 [^1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fight-or-flight_response#Reaction
[^2]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filter_bubble#Ethical_implications [^2]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filter_bubble#Ethical_implications
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