thankfully, my current job (since 2018 is not like this.... poor Norm
Robert ALAN Bryan
2021-07-28 08:38:33 +0000 UTC
Part of the point in listening to others is not to entertain the possibility that they're right but to understand their way of thinking. Then you might have a chance of talking them out of it. Or at least not strawmanning.
Stephen Gilberg
2021-07-27 13:51:25 +0000 UTC
Funny yes but honestly there has been a fetish made of the need to listen to opposing opinions even if they are plainly nonsense - Paul Krugman's quip about a possible NYT's head line - "Shape of the Earth, view differ" is painfully on target.