Re:Mob justice is trampling democratic discourse
by pas on Tuesday August 31, 2021 @08:13PM
(#28375159)
> writing how you "feel" about a subject rather than "evidence based" writing
... but ... these are both important. a healthy human mind has and needs both. it's important to look at data, evidence, useful models, and then it's also very important to accept that sometimes (and nowadays many times!) it conflicts with our gut instinct, this makes us feel frustrated, and yeah, we need to learn to process this.
one without the other is either complete dogmatic rage/jihad or literally just mindless computation ("fact finding").
... but ... these are both important. a healthy human mind has and needs both. it's important to look at data, evidence, useful models, and then it's also very important to accept that sometimes (and nowadays many times!) it conflicts with our gut instinct, this makes us feel frustrated, and yeah, we need to learn to process this.
one without the other is either complete dogmatic rage/jihad or literally just mindless computation ("fact finding").