In a way I understand what you're saying, but I feel our environment influences how we interact with each other-- anywhere. For example, rules can be added to give structure to a debate. The whole debate format, while artificial, exists to increase the utility of 'real life' discussion.
It seems to me anything we can do to boost the interesting aspects of this community are fair game, and they augment real life itself.
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But that's real life. The goal is to make the conversation here equivalent to how people talk in real life, not be more polite than that.
In a way I understand what you're saying, but I feel our environment influences how we interact with each other-- anywhere. For example, rules can be added to give structure to a debate. The whole debate format, while artificial, exists to increase the utility of 'real life' discussion.
It seems to me anything we can do to boost the interesting aspects of this community are fair game, and they augment real life itself.