China and Russia are considered less of a threat to Western populations now than a year ago, as public concern pivots to non-traditional risks, according to new research.
Its another consequence of the current focus on aesthetics, in this case rhetoric.
You could say the most ignorant statement ever, but if you do it with fancy words you are going to be taken seriously. The prime example of this is JPeterson.
Yeah, people don’t seem to know how to weight the value of an argument, and seem to assume an argument is well thought out and intelligent if it uses a lot of big words they don’t quite understand but can sort of grasp through context (makes them feel smart) and has a very simple underlying message that they get to “figure out” (makes them feel like they solved a puzzle).
It kind of feels like B.F. Skinner’s ideas applied to debate and essay structure.
Its another consequence of the current focus on aesthetics, in this case rhetoric.
You could say the most ignorant statement ever, but if you do it with fancy words you are going to be taken seriously. The prime example of this is JPeterson.
Yeah, people don’t seem to know how to weight the value of an argument, and seem to assume an argument is well thought out and intelligent if it uses a lot of big words they don’t quite understand but can sort of grasp through context (makes them feel smart) and has a very simple underlying message that they get to “figure out” (makes them feel like they solved a puzzle).
It kind of feels like B.F. Skinner’s ideas applied to debate and essay structure.