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> Mark says "I believe that often the best way to fight offensive bad speech is with good speech." However, there's a theory out there that's starting to conge
by wishinghand 8y ago
> Mark says "I believe that often the best way to fight offensive bad speech is with good speech."
However, there's a theory out there that's starting to congeal that to refute bullshit it takes an order of magnitude more energy to do so.
- bena 8y agoBullshit has the distinct advantage of not needing to be correct. If you and I were arguing about giraffes and I could just make up random facts about giraffes. Like their long necks give them exceptional hearing because they're so much further away from everything. You'd actually have to provide research and facts to counter my bullshit. Whereas in the meantime, I could make up 10 more bullshit facts that you'd then also have to refute.
- xenadu02 8y agoThis is often called the "Gish Gallop", named after creationist Duane Gish. The technique is very simple: throw out as many arguments as possible to overwhelm everyone else.