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Metacontrarianism! I'm always delighted when I get a chance to link to this: http://lesswrong.com/lw/2pv/intellectual_hipsters_and_metacontrarianism/ http://les

• invalidOrTaken 9y ago
  To readers wondering if they should click the link: you should!
• danharaj 9y ago
  It's a bit ironic to me that you linked lesswrong, because one example of an argument I consider sophistic is the quantum mechanics sequence. In particular because the relational formulation of quantum mechanics [0] pulls the carpet right from underneath the argument in a rather dramatic way. [0] https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/qm-relational/ https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/qm-relational/
• psergeant 9y ago
  Oooh, I like that a lot. Many people whose political views I find offensive are people who would identify themselves as intelligent, while generally their views on things seem pretty facile.