Re: [tlug] Paul Graham's Disagreement Hierarchy

["Josh Glover" <jmglov@example.com>]

On 31/03/2008, Stephen J. Turnbull <stephen@example.com> wrote:

>  One thing that I think that Graham misses completely in his essay is
>  that often, perhaps even most of the time, DH4, DH5, and DH6 simply
>  are not available.  There's a disagreement about *values*, which are
>  essentially postulates.

True.

>  So there needs to be a whole different way to
>  disagree, including "agreeing to disagree", which has to do with
>  identifying value differences in a way that doesn't demonize (or
>  daemonize, which is one typical source of a prolonged flamewar) folks
>  with differing values.

Well, we have that option, and in fact Curt and I reached such an
uneasy detente awhile back. :)

>  A big problem here, though, is that a lot of people really would
>  rather not examine their values because they involve conflicts.

People who are unwilling to self-analyse should probably not be
allowed to post anything ever. :)

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Cheers,
Josh