> Applying wanton black and white thinking is a sign of a mind incapable of nuance, and rich, deep thought.
Can't think of one instance where a group was able to politically accomplish something on the basis of "nuance"
If someone is making an appeal to "nuance", they're losing
Re:Privacy Is OK
by kelseyfrog on Thursday December 29, 2022 @08:03PM
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Right, so what most people do when faced with a lack of knowledge is go out looking for it or maintain weakly held beliefs. To conclude that something isn't possible because one doesn't know of it is thought-limiting.
This is the political version of claiming, "I don't know how to sew and I've never seen someone sew. Therefore sewing is impossible." It's stunningly wrong. I can't seriously believe someone would think this way.
> Right, so what most people do when faced with a lack of knowledge is go out looking for it or maintain weakly held beliefs.
Exactly. This is why I've spent the last ten years of my life trying to find a real unicorn in nature. Weakly held beliefs are never good enough for me!
Re:Privacy Is OK
by kelseyfrog on Friday December 30, 2022 @01:04PM
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I have never seen someone ridicule the idea that "Absence of evidence is evidence of absence" before, but you do you.
Re:Privacy Is OK
by weakfortress on Friday December 30, 2022 @01:08AM
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You're a moron.
We've banned this account. You can't post like this here, regardless of how wrong someone else is or you feel they are.
Please don't create accounts to break HN's rules with.
This is called black and white thinking and it's generally a intellectual dead end. Applying wanton black and white thinking is a sign of a mind incapable of nuance, and rich, deep thought.