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0 pointsanthropodie5y ago0 comments

I see now how my comment can be labelled as whataboutism. But I am trying to point out how "Bitcoin is Bad" is the agenda here.

Can the energy problem be solved? I had like a discussion on that rather than "It's bad" arguments.

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zepto5y ago

> Can the energy problem be solved? I had like a discussion on that rather than "It's bad" arguments.

That’s not what it looked like when you made your comment about the LHC and the moon missions. Your position then was that we should not be arguing about the energy usage.

> If we had argued about energy requirements in late 60s we would have never reached Moon or built the LHC.

Now you are saying you would like such a discussion. This is a complete change in your position.

anthropodieOP5y ago

Well you guys did a nice job in changing my position! But if you are saying I should not change my position based on discussion that goes no here then I have no idea what to say to you. The whole point of discussion is to point out flawed thinking of others.

Are we expecting people not to change their position and make them feel guilty if they did? No wonder communities are more polarized than ever.

Edit: Besides if you read my original comment it already says

>We should be discussing about how to efficiently harness that big fiery ball in space instead of shutting down technological advancements.

zepto5y ago

> Are we expecting people not to change their position and make them feel guilty if they did?

Nobody is trying to make you feel guilty.

However, having earlier attempted to shut down the kind of discussion you now say you want, it’s not surprising people aren’t available to have that discussion with you now.

> No wonder communities are more polarized than ever.

I don’t see this as encouraging people to discuss solving the Bitcoin energy problem.

> We should be discussing about how to efficiently harness that big fiery ball in space instead of shutting down technological advancements.

Here it seems like you are making another attempt to close discussion of Bitcoin’s energy problem by saying we should be discussing solar energy instead.

This is probably part of why you got accused of whataboutism.

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zepto5y ago

> Can the energy problem be solved? I had like a discussion on that rather than "It's bad" arguments.

That’s not what it looked like when you made your comment about the LHC and the moon missions. Your position then was that we should not be arguing about the energy usage.

> If we had argued about energy requirements in late 60s we would have never reached Moon or built the LHC.

Now you are saying you would like such a discussion. This is a complete change in your position.

anthropodieOP5y ago

Are we expecting people not to change their position and make them feel guilty if they did? No wonder communities are more polarized than ever.

Edit: Besides if you read my original comment it already says

>We should be discussing about how to efficiently harness that big fiery ball in space instead of shutting down technological advancements.

zepto5y ago

> Are we expecting people not to change their position and make them feel guilty if they did?

Nobody is trying to make you feel guilty.

However, having earlier attempted to shut down the kind of discussion you now say you want, it’s not surprising people aren’t available to have that discussion with you now.

> No wonder communities are more polarized than ever.

I don’t see this as encouraging people to discuss solving the Bitcoin energy problem.

> We should be discussing about how to efficiently harness that big fiery ball in space instead of shutting down technological advancements.

Here it seems like you are making another attempt to close discussion of Bitcoin’s energy problem by saying we should be discussing solar energy instead.

This is probably part of why you got accused of whataboutism.

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