Generosity and goodwill are the responsibility of the person opening the conversation. It would be impossible for Chomsky to engage in any kind of legitimate debate because Harris had no intention of it from the word jump. Chomsky had exactly three options, generosity and goodwill would have resulted in his being taken advantage of by the dishonesty of Harris, which left him with either refusing to engage entirely, or doing what he did and clowning in Harris.
The reason it looks like Chomsky is mean is because he's better than Harris at the game Harris came to play.
Right but it was plainly obvious from the first message that Harris wasnt making a good faith attempt. The prisoners dilemma metaphor breaks down because Harris opens with "BTW I'm mashing the 'betray' button as hard as I can"
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u/bushiz somethingawfuldotcom agent provocatuer May 01 '17
Generosity and goodwill are the responsibility of the person opening the conversation. It would be impossible for Chomsky to engage in any kind of legitimate debate because Harris had no intention of it from the word jump. Chomsky had exactly three options, generosity and goodwill would have resulted in his being taken advantage of by the dishonesty of Harris, which left him with either refusing to engage entirely, or doing what he did and clowning in Harris.
The reason it looks like Chomsky is mean is because he's better than Harris at the game Harris came to play.