Quote Originally Posted by Galaktica View Post
Personally, there's a bunch of reasons why I don;t want to make a new thread. Most notably, it feels like trying to shoo away any and all criticism and/or like trying to turn this into some weird safe space. Like you (not you specifically, Vex, but just a general sorta you) only want people who agree with you because that supports your argument and I don't think that's helpful for anyone. Challenging each others ideas are how progress is made. If we all just go to our separate corners and never interact with other, it just turns into an echochamber with everyone patting each other on the back regardless of any flaws in logic.
Its not about shoo'ing criticism, but about ending circular arguments. One can disagree, list their reasons, listen to counter-arguments and argue back, but at some point things go back to where they started, closing the loop, at which point, people tred over the same arguments again and again. It doesn't bring anything new to the discussion. If anything it extends the discussion even further, continuing to bump the thread to the top of the page, adding on more replies and pages (which you've noted as something someone can use in favor of the argument), etc...