[FRIAM] tolerance of intolerance

[Russ Abbott]

I wonder what Scott's response would have been to those of us who, in
response to the shooting, thought: better luck next time.

-- Russ

On Mon, Jul 15, 2024 at 4:47 PM glen <gepropella at gmail.com> wrote:

> [Scott's] Prayer
> https://scottaaronson.blog/?p=8117
>
> I'm currently surrounded by people who believe intolerance is properly not
> tolerated. Scott's message, here, seems extraordinary Christian, to me.
> (Real Christian, not the Christianism displayed in things like megachurches
> and whatnot cf https://raymondsmullyan.com/books/who-knows/). This faith
> that "going high" will, in the long run, win out, seems naive to me. The
> temptation to "hoist the black flag and start slitting throats" isn't
> merely a thresholded reaction, it's an intuitive grasp of the iterated
> prisoner's dilemma, tit-for-tat style strategies, and Ashby's LoRV. But I'm
> open to changing my mind on that. Maybe I'm just too low-brow?
>
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