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galen  ·  2419 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Tolerance is not a moral precept

The point is that a tolerant culture can only exist when all parties tolerate each other. When someone's beliefs threaten other members of their community, those beliefs can't be tolerated.

That's not a culture of indignant sides, that's the only tolerance that can last.





weewooweewoo  ·  2419 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I had a thought to [The Evolution of Trust (prisoners dilemma) presentation by Nick Case that went big recently](http://ncase.me/trust/) (chapter 6 in the presentation if you want to skip to it, check it out first)

In my head, the ideal world of tolerant people is the 'Copykittens win world', but the part that I had forgotten about is how much miscommunication affected the tournament- in the simulation, just 10% miscommunication would lead to a world where everyone cheats (in my head, the equivalent of a culture having a direct intolerance of at least another culture).

Arguments about how this is simulation aside, alright, I've decided it's not practical to not want to punch people in the face. You win.