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Re:How not to be a crank: rules for not being a science-dick by mikeash on Sunday March 04, 2018 @04:54PM (#16517011)
It really depends on the topic, and there are times where trying to find sense in the other side’s position is the road to madness.

If you’re debating the optimal sales tax rate, yes, being unable to comprehend the other side means you’re doing it wrong. If the topic is, say, wiping out people of a particular religion, not so much.

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Re:How not to be a crank: rules for not being a science-dick by zaarn on Monday March 05, 2018 @04:49AM (#16519925)
>wiping out people of a particular religion, not so much.

As a nihilist I would disagree.

The kind of people that want to do that have a much different set of morality and ethics.

There is no objective moral framework that you can base claims for or against wiping out a particular religion. You can however use your own, personal, subjective moral framework and most people will probably have something vaguely compatible to it and agree with you that wiping out religions and it's people is bad.

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