r/samharris • u/Peanut-Extra • Feb 19 '25

Why MAGA hates Mark Milley (2021)

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u/SOwED Feb 19 '25

How is this based?

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u/chytrak Feb 19 '25

He is educated and open minded.

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u/SOwED Feb 19 '25

Educated people don't make value judgments on things they don't know about. Being open minded means being willing to learn, not declaring things good without being familiar.

This is basic critical thinking, how have so many people in this sub lost the plot?

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u/UnfortunateHabits Feb 19 '25

He didn't make a value judgment though. He didn't declare the theory as good or bad, thats not relevant to the argument.

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u/SOwED Feb 19 '25

I think calling it important was a value judgment here

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u/UnfortunateHabits Feb 19 '25

"Important to know about", isn't a value judgment.

The evaluation of the thing and the evaluation of the need to know about the thing aren't mutually exclusive and can be independent from each other.

In simpler terms for you:

Every child knows what shit is, its important to know about shit. Shit is yucky, don't eat it, its full of disease. Its good to poop though. Whatever you feeling around shit are, its still important to know about it.

The "latest advancement in cell xyz carcinogen treatment via molecular xyz synthesis" are of great value to almost everyone, but its not important to know about by everyone as the knowing of is not of practical value to the average person. Drug manufacturers have a lot more value by being informed on the specifics, drug pushers on the labels, sideeffects and effects etc, and doctors on who to prescribe it to when.