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<p>Glen wrote, a few weeks ago, about an old friend/colleague who
had been out of touch who confronted him with having "bullied him
intellectually" a while back. I didn't think too much of it at
the time because I experience Glen's confrontational style to be
more about contrarianism than bullying, though on sensitive
subjects it is hard not to feel any assertive disagreement
otherwise. <br>
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<p>This list traffic, I find, has a mix of fraternalism and
adversarialism that can be both disarming and uncomfortable at
times, which I believe is part of the reason for the lurker/poster
and the female/male participant ratios. I may not be calibrated
well on that topic. It is just an intuition.</p>
<p>In any case, the following Edge lecture on "Adversarial
Collaboration" really rung a bell with me:<br>
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href="https://www.edge.org/adversarial-collaboration-daniel-kahneman"
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<p>He covered several interesting and relevant (to me) topics:</p>
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<li>Confirmation Bias is widespread, insidious, and hard to detect
in oneself.</li>
<li>People don't change their minds.</li>
<li>Healthy attempts to change another's mind can be beneficial to
both sides in spite of the above.</li>
<li value="5">"Angry Science" is supported by mob/tribalism, but
does not serve.</li>
<li value="5"> "Adversarial Collaboration" is a good alternative
to "Angry Science" </li>
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<p>And most poignant to my own aging/transition process:</p>
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style="font-weight: 700;"><em>Old people don't really
kick themselves. Their regret is wistful, almost pleasant.
It's not emotionally intense.</em></strong></p>
<p>All in all, I found the topic and Kahneman's treatment very
interesting, both in observing the general progress of Science and
in my own navigation through this ever-expandingly complex world,
with or without the help of experts and peers.</p>
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