I had two reactions, possibly more, as I read this.

First - yes, I agree. This is exactly how I think. I agreed with this. Then I thought. Why would somebody write something this... simple? true? obvious? Perhaps because they came to this realization a bit later in life, I thought. Maybe, yes. That must be it.

Then as I read more, I felt a bit incensed. Does this smell of... AI by any chance? The writing looks sincere and simple, but some tell tale signs pointed to AI. The argument structure is awfully well constructed. The inflection is just as the right moment.

Consider this: "Their opinions aren’t positions they hold; they are the position."

Or this: "You can’t win an argument like this, because it was never an argument"

Or this: "They learn from consequences. They have to touch the stove themselves. Words bounce off; pain sticks."

The contrastive negation is tell-tale AI. It could possibly be human, but I've read far too many AI-written articles now to think otherwise.

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Does it matter, though?

In the large scheme of things, probably not. One reads an article, one moves on. But in the much grander scheme of things, when tons of articles are AI-written, I believe we will stop paying attention. To a greater or smaller degree.

YMMV ¯\_(ツ)_/¯