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The quiet art of attention

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865 points billwear | 5 comments | 13 Oct 24 15:01 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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mistermann ◴[13 Oct 24 17:20 UTC] No.41829740[source]▶
As much as I love the sentiment, these sorts of pieces (written or verbal) always contain contradictions, usually important ones relative to the claims.
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keybored ◴[13 Oct 24 17:50 UTC] No.41829985[source]▶
These contradictions (?) may be rooted in the reader’s assumptions about the world: the writer says A and B, but to the reader B implies (not A) because of their world view. In short they might not be actual contradictions.

This might seem very vague but a discussion on something so first-person as the mind is ripe for that kind of thing.

Which is resolved with dialogue. If the contradictions are brought up.

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mistermann ◴[13 Oct 24 21:34 UTC] No.41831825[source]▶
> Which is resolved with dialogue. If the contradictions are brought up.

In my experience noting contradictions usually leads to evasive memes and anger/unhappiness.

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keybored ◴[14 Oct 24 08:42 UTC] No.41835512[source]▶
Then mum’s the word.
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1. mistermann ◴[14 Oct 24 14:25 UTC] No.41837838{4}[source]▶
Cutting off access to an entire region of potential upward utility...perhaps permanently if no one is willing to fight the consensus.
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2. keybored ◴[14 Oct 24 15:32 UTC] No.41838468[source]▶
I don’t understand what you are saying.
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3. mistermann ◴[14 Oct 24 21:54 UTC] No.41842419[source]▶
Contradiction is socially disruptive, and ignored/policed quite thoroughly, denying access to Humans of pretty substantial portions of reality which is instead represented by illusory proxies/heuristics.
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4. keybored ◴[15 Oct 24 15:08 UTC] No.41849421{3}[source]▶
You’re talking in riddles even more than the most hermit mindfulness practitioner.
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5. mistermann ◴[15 Oct 24 21:30 UTC] No.41853318{4}[source]▶
An example: if religion shut down early practitioners of science, do you believe humanity would have missed out on any valuable knowledge?

Or, how about if science had only received 1% of the total funding it has?