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Yes, there are so many fallacies in that essay. It shows another way to pretend that you're smart: appeal to your audience's vanity by suggesting that you shar
by Estragon 16y ago
Yes, there are so many fallacies in that essay. It shows another way to pretend that you're smart: appeal to your audience's vanity by suggesting that you share a rare resistance to manipulation by intellectual intimidation.
- SiVal 16y agoAnother fallacy is that smart people are more likely to be found behind profanity-laced rants. In my experience, people resort to vulgarity as a gimmick intended to convey a message that isn't adequately conveyed by their content itself. The emotional, gimmicky nature of it is the reason that it tends to be negatively correlated with logical quality.