> They only seem to care about how OP can be interpreted as ignorant or illogical or immoral, rather than insightful or helpful.
This is tied to the societal confusion that wrong is the same as bad. Culturally it's bad to be wrong, so we are made to feel ashamed when we're wrong. Really, we should be grateful because it gives us the chance to learn and grow. Being wrong isn't bad, staying wrong might me.
And then you tie in a societal misperception that some people hold that life is a zero sum game, and you can only get ahead by tearing someone else down, and you get the modern internet.
That’s a very good point. Being wrong is bad, changing your mind is bad, so people stick to something they know is probably wrong but changing and admitting that is even worse.
Agreed. I also think a lot of people don't know the difference between knowing something to be true and believing it to be true. I suspect most of us spend quite a few years in this space. It takes a commitment to epistemic honesty and self awareness to get past this. Though, I'm not sure humans can completely shake it.
This is tied to the societal confusion that wrong is the same as bad. Culturally it's bad to be wrong, so we are made to feel ashamed when we're wrong. Really, we should be grateful because it gives us the chance to learn and grow. Being wrong isn't bad, staying wrong might me.
And then you tie in a societal misperception that some people hold that life is a zero sum game, and you can only get ahead by tearing someone else down, and you get the modern internet.