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Sarcasm (Robin Hanson & Agnes Callard)

Minds Almost Meeting

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The Appropriateness of Sarcasm

Sarcasm is an attempt to tap into the wisdom of repugnance, he says. It's usually acceptable to make more simplifications of one's rivals and enemies,. The ones allies. People are often offering these simplified cartoon versions of their enemies. And many memes are kind of based on that exaggerated version of a character.

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