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Boring Radical Centrism's avatar

The way this is written feels condescending to both sides. Not that there aren't many dumb people on both sides, but if you're writing a Socratic dialogue, it feels more appropriate to lecture and defeat steel man rather than weaker versions of other side's views.

Like this post of Scott Alexander's.

https://www.astralcodexten.com/p/galton-ehrlich-buck

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Doctor Hammer's avatar

You must be unfamiliar with the actual Socratic dialogues, one of which is, justly, described as “Socrates and sock puppets” :)

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SolarxPvP's avatar

Much discussion is focused on the merits of the current protestors though, so it's fair to try to represent their ideas.

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