And I was talking about the narrow feild of perspectives people like Harris are exposed to.

I explained that the people who are actually capable of standing up to Harris have too much riding on it

It makes no sense for them to challenge him, it's a net negative risk-reward scenario

So those who do "challenge" him tend to agree with him

This is why echo chambers happen

Among other reasons, but it's the number one reason

The echo chamber happens because of selection bias. When you only speak to people within a narrow demographic.....

Echo chambers happen because it's economically sound to build them, and therefore also emotionally

If you're not in an echo chamber your risk goes up, but your reward does not go up proportionally

In fact the reward can actually go down

It's a stupid idea to be outside of an echo chamber unless you've built yourself a safety net

It is not a safety net. It is living in a world where they are not necessary.

Semantics, that's basically the same thing as a safety net

If you're not in an echo chamber but you can criticize your peers, then you must be safe from them or else you couldn't voice your concerns

It would also mean no one else is listening in who can harm you

Or those you care about

To think otherwise is to be of the naive mindset that the world is a safe place

It's quite the opposite, people are very antagonistic towards dissenters

You do not understand. In my world these people are not dissenters. They are normal. The staff at the Times are abnormal aliens.

I don't see your point

It's not about what you think they are

It's about what other people think they are

The lynchmob doesn't care what is right and wrong

They care that they get their sacrifice

Yes other people. Normal people, do not care much about that lynch mob.

The lynch mob doesn't care if they care

They lynch away anyway

Your argument is just so bad, when the evidence screams so loud

You don't understand. They do not matter to real people. They only matter to the Times or CNN. On a more positive not the stars have aligned. 3lb packs of beef were under 8$ and the new guy we hired in logistics brought in home-grown jalapenos. I made an exceptional chili tonight.

You say "only"

That's the mistake you make

In some cases they matter to normal people, in other cases they don't

It makes no sense to gamble on that

That's the whole point of it being a "risk", otherwise it wouldn't be a risk

anyone out there?

@whiic Check this out

https://sci-hub.tw/https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s40806-018-0158-4

@ETBrooD Sam Harris, Sam Seder and Stefan Molyneux all have been evading a debate request from JF Gariepy.

https://youtu.be/FJPyLvhdBkw

JF has both, a PhD and a 6 figure salary

@ETBrooD To add to the lynch mob point, Noah Carl and James Watson both come to mind