re: #19 goddamnedfrank

What depresses me is how that piece demonstrates the gaping holes in how people think in general, but in specific how dudes are taught that their internal lives are “factual” not subjective and emotional. Furthermore, it’s a perpetuation of the mythos in which “smart” is some kind of omnicompetence…leading to the software guy making a hash of biology, psychology, sociology, business management, and political science, with zero pause to consider his qualifications relative to his audience.

There’s a “logic” but little to no testing of base assumptions. The author’s “feelings” about being excluded are treated as True, and the validity of his thoughts is taken for granted, and thus that is the only idea exchange that matters.