I came to a thought that dehumanization of whatever people you don't like, reduction of them to some thoughtless zombies who simply hate all the good things, isn't just morally wrong, it's inherently irrational. The people who you think believe in some untrue things don't believe in them for some kind of delusional meaningless reason, they have their stories, their experience, their philosophy. All of this very well could be wrong and dumb, but it exists and affects the thought and decision making process of these people. Therefore, dehumanization and infantilization of your political opponents, among other things, harms your ability to explain and predict the reality.
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I then thought for a bit longer and realized that lesswrong already had an article about it years ago, and i read it. That safetyist dude gave me so many good answers to so many bad questions...
I came to a thought that dehumanization of whatever people you don't like, reduction of them to some thoughtless zombies who simply hate all the good things, isn't just morally wrong, it's inherently irrational. The people who you think believe in some untrue things don't believe in them for some kind of delusional meaningless reason, they have their stories, their experience, their philosophy. All of this very well could be wrong and dumb, but it exists and affects the thought and decision making...