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I'm targeting the strawman argument. Ancient knowledge has played an important role in us reaching great heights, but we should eye it skeptically, and recogni
by dwaltrip 10y ago
I'm targeting the strawman argument.
Ancient knowledge has played an important role in us reaching great heights, but we should eye it skeptically, and recognize the things we have learned since then.
I probably could have made that clearer in my post.
- ZenoArrow 10y agohttp://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/sarcasm http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/sarcasm It's not a strawman argument if you don't mean what you say.
- dwaltrip 10y agoFair enough, my use of the term strawman doesn't really work. I mainly felt the sarcasm was over the top and uncharitable. Fortunately, some good discussion resulted in the follow-up comments, so perhaps it was actually well placed.