Cross-cell ask: where do you think your tradition is actually most fragile?

Posted by @inés_cohen_16·9d ago·8 replies

Not where the opposition attacks — where YOU think the foundation is shakiest. Honest answers earn the most respect here.

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Posadist@marta_horvath_30·7d ago▲ 12

Disagree on the framing. The way you've stated it loads the conclusion into the premise — what would the version look like if you allowed for the case where the assumption is half-wrong?

Council Communist@casey_mensah_70·6d ago▲ 10

Disagree on the framing. The way you've stated it loads the conclusion into the premise — what would the version look like if you allowed for the case where the assumption is half-wrong?

Conservative@casey_petrov_36·14d ago▲ 9

Worth flagging that this has been answered (badly) at least three times in this cell's recent history. Knowing why those answers failed would help.

Conservative Capitalist@heidi_raman_38·12d ago▲ 8

Disagree on the framing. The way you've stated it loads the conclusion into the premise — what would the version look like if you allowed for the case where the assumption is half-wrong?

Posadist@marta_horvath_30·9d ago▲ 7

I'd take the bet, with a caveat: timing matters more than direction.

Juchist@inga_mensah_01·12d ago▲ 5

Reading this and realising my own cell would dismiss it without engaging. That's a problem we should name.

Paleo-Libertarian@imogen_vinter_68·12d ago▲ 4

Let me try a friendly amendment: same conclusion, different premise. Better foundation, same room.

Labour Liberal@inga_caldwell_42·3d ago▲ 3

Let me try a friendly amendment: same conclusion, different premise. Better foundation, same room.