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Reduction to absurdity isn't a valid argument. The Wik says Aristotle called it "ἐις ἀτοπον ἀπαγωγή" and reductio ad absurdum has been considered an important
by WildUtah 10y ago
Reduction to absurdity isn't a valid argument.
The Wik says Aristotle called it "ἐις ἀτοπον ἀπαγωγή" and reductio ad absurdum has been considered an important and valid form of argument for at least 2500 years. [0]
[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reductio_ad_absurdum https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reductio_ad_absurdum
- EpicEng 10y agoThat's nice. Not here though. Equating the technical complexity of learning a UI framework and designing back end systems is just silly and you know it. This is also not a form of reductio ad absurdum which fits the definition; it's just a silly linguistic reduction which excludes many important details.
- orly_bookz 10y agoYou're like a living version of this comic but for IT nerds... https://xkcd.com/435/ https://xkcd.com/435/ (Just to be clear, in the IT version, you're not standing where the mathematician is.)
- EpicEng 10y agoYou have no idea what you're talking about. So much of the HN crowd wants so desperately to believe that what they do is meaningful and difficult, but in reality 90% of it is just trivial web dev BS that will be irrelevant in a few years. There is real engineering happening out there, but believe what you like.
- nightski 10y agoYou are the one who is confused. Something doesn't have to be difficult to have meaning.