Posts by shakha@qoto.org
(DIR) Post #9pJZq3xcvFfkCLX6XY by shakha@qoto.org
2019-11-25T08:11:35Z
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Considering the name of this instance, this seems like the right place to ask. Is anyone here into street epistemology? For anyone who hasn't heard of it, it's a conversational technique used to examine beliefs that is similar to socratic questioning, but you focus *just* on the method(s) used to reach a particular belief. An outline for how it goes: https://streetepistemology.com/publications/street_epistemology_the_basics You essentially act as a sounding board for someone else to reflect on how they reached a particular belief, and you keep your own beliefs out of it to avoid turning it into a debate. Hopefully useful for the person reflecting on their belief, but also good for the SE practitioner to get to know the other person's thinking better (and maybe shed themselves of straw men in the process?).People primarily seem to be using it for supernatural/religious claims at the moment, but it seems like a useful tool for constructive conversations in all kinds of contexts. There are tons of videos on youtube of SE-based conversations.#SE #StreetEpistemology #Philosophy
(DIR) Post #9pK9iD8YWBOmguCSye by shakha@qoto.org
2019-11-25T15:12:42Z
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@design_RG Thanks for the recommendation! This looks super useful :)
(DIR) Post #9pLQFqDI2xz3rhQsRU by shakha@qoto.org
2019-11-26T05:52:39Z
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@freemo @mancavgeek @union I can say that I haven't yet seen any examples of that kind of behaviour at QOTO, and I would not expect to based on the quality of the dialogue that I have seen.@freemo Why not remove or amend phrases like that in the about page if they are not true in practice or even according to the ToS? "No censorship" is mentioned in the first few lines and it seem to be misleading more than anything.
(DIR) Post #9pLQUxQTVqHOZvo8a8 by shakha@qoto.org
2019-11-26T05:55:27Z
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@freemo I can say that I haven't yet seen any examples of that kind of behaviour at QOTO, and I would not expect to based on the quality of the dialogue that I have seen.Why not remove or amend phrases like that in the about page if they are not true in practice or even according to the ToS? "No censorship" is mentioned in the first few lines and it seem to be misleading more than anything.
(DIR) Post #9pLlDCZOZF0ZN5M3Qe by shakha@qoto.org
2019-11-26T09:47:27Z
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@freemo But racism is a set of ideas that is censored here. Slurs are only slurs because of the ideas they represent.
(DIR) Post #9pQAexAXTjtKHGiv8i by shakha@qoto.org
2019-11-28T12:51:26Z
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@freemo that’s why you wish for more wishes haha.More seriously, it’s possible to have sources of motivation that give you directions to go in rather than clearly defined end goals. These remain with you even if your wishes come true (or become impossible, depending on what life throws at you).
(DIR) Post #9pQApYdf1QZ1NqOxFI by shakha@qoto.org
2019-11-28T12:53:14Z
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@freemo the second one is pretty dark, considering what kind of people need to hold positions of power for that to be a curse.
(DIR) Post #9pQBL0t035UPy6Zjsm by shakha@qoto.org
2019-11-28T12:59:05Z
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@freemo is not wishing for something the same as wishing not to have it?
(DIR) Post #9pQCmbcPgbuDfIXQky by shakha@qoto.org
2019-11-28T13:15:13Z
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@freemo If you have something that fulfils you without a clear end point, the only wish that can really be fulfilled is to have an idea of how to keep on that path or to not have obstacles that prevent it (like unmanageable and crippling health issues).A cliche example: if you wanted to make the world a better place, how could that logically be fulfilled? Maybe if it was defined as better than at a particular moment, but what if it was always “better than currently” whenever you thought of it?
(DIR) Post #9pQDH0fn6Bdq3dcFE0 by shakha@qoto.org
2019-11-28T13:20:47Z
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@freemo are you just defining wishes to be any motivation at all? Because yeah, by that definition, you have no motivation left when you have no wishes left. Agreed, haha.
(DIR) Post #9pQDZ77ZraXbGjFHJA by shakha@qoto.org
2019-11-28T13:24:04Z
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@freemo You’re right. I modified the definition to specify things that could actually be fulfilled since the curse requires your wishes to be fulfilled. In the example I gave earlier, I’m not sure if losing motivation there could happen through any kind of fulfilment.
(DIR) Post #9pQGDOSJ29s2WQH99M by shakha@qoto.org
2019-11-28T13:53:42Z
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Another valuable lesson: make sure you’re using words the same way in a conversation and delineate any additional assumptions you’re making before carrying on.But yeah, I think we’re generally aligned on this topic.
(DIR) Post #9pdHh9FE4pA6uJ2eW0 by shakha@qoto.org
2019-12-04T06:04:00Z
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Peter Singer's 'The Life You Can Save' has been released as a free ebook or audiobook :) https://www.thelifeyoucansave.org/the-book/Singer makes a philosophical argument for what we should be doing in response to global poverty. I haven't read this book yet, but I've found his other work to be concise and compelling and would recommend checking it out. He advocates for impactful, evidence-based action.#PeterSinger #TheLifeYouCanSave #EffectiveAltruism #books #poverty