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Was anyone else reminded of the ancient Greek philosopher Gorgias? Quote from the article: "The conclusion of your argument is blatantly absurd, but every pre
by phaedrus 17y ago
Was anyone else reminded of the ancient Greek philosopher Gorgias? Quote from the article:
"The conclusion of your argument is blatantly absurd, but every premise is correct, except one. The trick is to hide that wrong premise under an intricate discussion."
Gorgias on wikipedia: "“How can anyone communicate the idea of color by means of words since the ear does not hear colors but only sounds?” This quote, written by the Sicilian philosopher Gorgias, was used to show his theory that ‘there is nothing’, ‘if there were anything no one would know it’, ‘and if anyone did know it, no one could communicate it’."
I do not mean to say that Gorgias == Troll, but that I recognize in Gorgias's arguments the same love of the challenge of arguing an insane position that the article introduces as part of the motivation of Trolls.
- epochwolf 17y agoI haven't heard of Gorgias before but I was reminded of my Philosophy 101 class. The arguments we discussed do seem very trollish to me right now.