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<blockquote data-quote="Guest 6801328" data-source="post: 6868394">For years (decades...) I've been interested in the root causes of political difference.&nbsp; That is, what are basic underlying beliefs that lead to differences in opinion on social/economic issues.&nbsp; For example, do some people inherently believe that wealth is zero-sum, and does that lead to certain political views.&nbsp; A hypothetical &quot;perfect&quot; solution would leave you with a minimal set of questions from which if you asked any one person for answers you could then predict with 100% accuracy their opinions on issues.&nbsp; Would be much messier than that in practice, of course, but that's the idea.I think there's something similar going on here.&nbsp; I am genuinely 100% perplexed by the opposition of Max, Danny, and Cosmic.&nbsp; Not aesthetic opposition, but their insistence on meanings that to me are either open to interpretation or have the opposite meaning.So maybe your observation above is one of those core differences, or at least a clue on the trail to the true core differentiating beliefs.&nbsp; It seems like it would relate to other differences in opinions I've seen, e.g. regarding character knowledge, metagaming, and the like.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Guest 6801328, post: 6868394"] For years (decades...) I've been interested in the root causes of political difference. That is, what are basic underlying beliefs that lead to differences in opinion on social/economic issues. For example, do some people inherently believe that wealth is zero-sum, and does that lead to certain political views. A hypothetical "perfect" solution would leave you with a minimal set of questions from which if you asked any one person for answers you could then predict with 100% accuracy their opinions on issues. Would be much messier than that in practice, of course, but that's the idea. I think there's something similar going on here. I am genuinely 100% perplexed by the opposition of Max, Danny, and Cosmic. Not aesthetic opposition, but their insistence on meanings that to me are either open to interpretation or have the opposite meaning. So maybe your observation above is one of those core differences, or at least a clue on the trail to the true core differentiating beliefs. It seems like it would relate to other differences in opinions I've seen, e.g. regarding character knowledge, metagaming, and the like. [/QUOTE]

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