2013年10月31日星期四

The Argument Machine

The Argument Machine

Suppose you are an evil genius constructing a device for plunging rational, well-meaning people into furious arguments. What would your Argument Machine look like? Probably it would encourage people to pepper one another with assertions in public. It would allow bystanders to repeat comments out of context: “Nothing creates a fight faster than in-group language overheard by the out-group” In fact: it would be Twitter

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