Comment on Neuralink Co-Founder Suggests He Left Elon Musk's Company Over Safety Concerns

• pivot_root@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  The Socratic method involves asking questions to lead on discussion and participation. You’re trying to discourage discussion by putting contributors on the defensive with an ad hominem disguised as a (loaded) question.

  So, in fact, you’re doing neither.

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  • WamGams@lemmy.ca ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Nobody is forcing you to be in this conversation, or be on the defensive.

    If you can’t answer questions that make you uncomfortable to answer, that’s something you should reflect on.

    I am willing to answer any questions you may have of me.

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    • pivot_root@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      ,If you can’t answer questions that make you uncomfortable to answer, that’s something you should reflect on.

      Again, you’re attacking the other person instead of their argument.

      It doesn’t make your point any stronger. It makes people unfamiliar with debates defensive from being personally attacked, and it makes those familiar with debates realize that they’re wasting their time.

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      • WamGams@lemmy.ca ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Attacking the other person?

        Lol, I think you forgot to sign into the other account because this chain is me talking to your pivot account.

        But, no, I am not attacking you. i am merely pointing out that you have a formed opinion without being able to answer incredibly simple questions about your stance.

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    • TexasDrunk@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      You haven’t answered any questions though. How many pets taken and euthanized the same day would be acceptable to you? How many animals that are adoptable, not ill, don’t have behavioral problems, and aren’t elderly should they be allowed to euthanize? Should they have to retract their ad campaign that ran for years claiming a link between autism and milk or should they be able to quietly redirect it and not confront it because the “science” was almost as laughable as the link between vaccines and autism?

      You’ll willingly answer, so I am eagerly awaiting answers rather than redirecting or trying to be the Glen Beck of PETA by JAQing off (I’m just asking questions!).

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      • WamGams@lemmy.ca ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        How many healthy pets do they actually euthanize?

        Is this something they are regularly doing, or is there one or two cases?

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• Alamp@lemm.ee ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I think you’re just being obtuse and pedantic for your own sake, if you’re really curious you could very easily look this information up. Please stop being like this, you don’t have to be this way. Touch grass for fucks sake, good luck out there, must be tough being an insufferable git.

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  • WamGams@lemmy.ca ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Maybe it is pedantic. But people should have examined beliefs. I’m sorry you are against that.

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    • Alamp@lemm.ee ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Except you’re not causing anyone to question their beliefs, you’re just being intentionally obnoxious. If you wanted to provide some counter evidence to their point that would be a solid way to cause people to reconsider. As is I doubt you are being honest with your intention, even if to yourself. Maybe talk about it in therapy?

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      • WamGams@lemmy.ca ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Asking for clarification is obnoxious?

        Do you always believe that, or just when the meat industry and the information found on their websites is being questioned?

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• Default_Defect@midwest.social ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Aww shit, we got one of those master debaters.

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