Well, actually quite the opposite, I see less. Less engagement with topics in general. Now I will admit, that I do not really engage with commentators on any other sites as Ecosophia. But in real life the debates have ceased. Let me point out two events. Last time I talked about electric cars the person I was discussing it with simply froze in his opinion. It got so bad, that I tested the water by citing the law of conservation of energy, and got told it cannot be right. I backed up, and became very polite, and just let the conversation drift off. Then there was the time my father-in-law had a visit and they were discussing the economic future of the building industry. The speaker told us that once the war is over business will swing back up into growth, since “who else is going to rebuild Ukraine but us”. I quietly observed my father in law since just a day past we talked about the war and we both said that it is unwise to presume an outcome in a war. Again, we both simply kept quiet. This is what I see, there is no two-value thinking, just one way of thinking. Where 2 years ago there were discussions of local politics, state elections, business ventures, now it is like everybody that can is just on autopilot.
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Re: Observation
Date: 2025-05-15 05:34 pm (UTC)Last time I talked about electric cars the person I was discussing it with simply froze in his opinion. It got so bad, that I tested the water by citing the law of conservation of energy, and got told it cannot be right. I backed up, and became very polite, and just let the conversation drift off.
Then there was the time my father-in-law had a visit and they were discussing the economic future of the building industry. The speaker told us that once the war is over business will swing back up into growth, since “who else is going to rebuild Ukraine but us”. I quietly observed my father in law since just a day past we talked about the war and we both said that it is unwise to presume an outcome in a war. Again, we both simply kept quiet.
This is what I see, there is no two-value thinking, just one way of thinking. Where 2 years ago there were discussions of local politics, state elections, business ventures, now it is like everybody that can is just on autopilot.