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The Argument Game
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If anyone tells you that you are too sensitive.
This means they are struggling to understand your nervous system and hold space for you.
Please for the love of god just walk away, they are not your people.
Find someone that resonates with your nervous system.
They are your tribe (you vibe with 😊 )
Stay human,
— Dr Kim
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When people think of misinformation, they often imagine stupid falsehoods, fabrications, and distortions. The Pope endorses Donald Trump for president. Immigrants are eating cats and dogs. Vaccines contain microchips.
…early on in my relation with my wife she declared that as I was better at arguing, key decisions were just not going to be made on the basis of better arguments.
…those who are worse at arguing face a dilemma. When they can’t convincingly refute an argument whose conclusion they dislike, should they defer? Or should they simply refuse to play the argument game altogether?
In the context of a marriage, this logic is fairly simple and commonsensical, but one can generalise the basic lesson to other contexts where it becomes more interesting.
