JA WestenbergNot one single "free thinker" who told me to "question everything" in 2020 has questioned a single thing since 2024. Turns out questioning everything meant questioning the specific things that made you feel smart at parties.
neoluddite@Daojoan Yep, and their LLM use is only making them and their reactions worse. They're training themselves to see obsequiousness as the default and any other reaction (ie. polite disagreement) as objectionably rude. https://aus.social/@neoluddite/113880131073722327
Duncan Bayne@neoluddite @Daojoan See e.g. the "I love science" folks reacting to research that suggests marijuana use in adolescents increases the chances of certain mental illnesses. All of a sudden it's about the feels, because it's contrary to their worldview.
@duncan_bayne The jury's still very much out on cause and effect there. Lots of kids self-medicate pre-existing conditions, particularly where their parents can't afford mental health care.
In any case, *in-person school* increases the chances of mental illnesses in adolescents, but that's apparently essential to their development and they just have to suffer.