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ajnin's law of adages : as an online discussion grows longer, the probability of someone using a popular adage to avoid argumenting approaches 1.
by ajnin 10y ago
ajnin's law of adages : as an online discussion grows longer, the probability of someone using a popular adage to avoid argumenting approaches 1.
- paulddraper 10y agoThat doesn't make him wrong, though. If Britain were the most corrupt country, they would state it, not ask it.
- dang 10y agoWe added the question mark last night. We do that sometimes when a title is controversial and we don't have a way of verifying or disproving it. Any resemblance to actual Betteridges is purely coincidental.
- paulddraper 10y ago"Britain is arguably the most corrupt country in the world"
- dang 10y agoThat's a much stronger claim. Arguably doesn't mean what it says; it's more like a slightly weaker plausible.
- paulddraper 10y agoDefinition of arguably: "it may be argued" If a position can't even be argued, you necessarily must assert the opposite: "Britain is not the most corrupt country in the world" (or phrase it as a question and invoke Betteridge)