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[deleted] t1_ix79e0n wrote

Reply to comment by Kektuals in The famous Butterfly Dream of Taoist Philosophy and how it recommends a radical openness to judging right from wrong by CaptainOfTheKeys

I don’t agree. I’ve been proven wrong before and accepted it. Other times have had a nice look back of “I wasn’t wrong, but I was kind of an ass”.

And why specify reddit? Do you really think someone in the real world is going to change my opinions more effectively?

If you don’t want to waste your time debating here, you might as well stop wasting your time debating anyone at all in any environment.

Edit: I will admit online debates can be more toxic, but that’s no reason to dismiss a generally friendly online argument either.

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Kektuals t1_ix79vmy wrote

Good argument. I’m dismissing this generally friendly online argument. Have a good night.

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SoTastyWhales t1_ix7pduc wrote

The article is about Tao so going into the conversation with a mindset to be ‘right’, ‘wrong’ or ‘convinced’ just totally misses the mark. It’s about gaining new insight and understanding not flexing the strength of your mind or ideas (original or borrowed) against those of another.

Tao often describes itself as ‘A Void’, so against what are you disagreeing? If it’s the person in the comment section though then that’s kinda off topic.

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Whalesurgeon t1_ix7f5xi wrote

Was this your best attempt at a generally friendly online argument?

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[deleted] t1_ix7fsub wrote

Yeah, respectable would have been a better word than friendly

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Whalesurgeon t1_ix7g8c8 wrote

I think a philosophy sub would offer the best dialogue when not debating, but sharing views instead. And the dude you spoke to really didn't want to have a debate I think.

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[deleted] t1_ix7hw2d wrote

Dude could’ve just said that outright and I’d have backed off.

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SoTastyWhales t1_ix7pfen wrote

I mean to be fair he did

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[deleted] t1_ix7qkth wrote

If it was obvious it wasn’t obvious to me otherwise I wouldn’t have said it. You’re trailing my comments a bit too much.

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SoTastyWhales t1_ix7rc1n wrote

Nah just following the whole thread because it’s interesting and you’ve commented a lot.

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