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If this continues to be the response to a reasoned talk about gender differences, I fear trump-like characters will continue to gain ground. arguments should b

If this continues to be the response to a reasoned talk about gender differences, I fear trump-like characters will continue to gain ground. arguments should be fought with better arguments.

rtpg 8y ago
"Oh man people are really mad at this person, therefore _the person must be right_" You think that better arguments are going to convince people with this kind of reasoning? Loads of people all over the place are just wrong. It happens all the time. And there isn't a moral obligation to respond to some wrong opinion over and over again. People who think we need to have rational debates with flat earthers are not people who will be convinced by much. They are the 20% of people who think Bigfoot are real.
- prablenha 8y ago
  If they can't come up with counter arguments, then certainly that person is right.
  - scrollaway 8y ago
    I can't come up with counter arguments to your post that you would not dismiss. That doesn't mean you're right, it means I'm bad at coming up with high quality counter arguments.
    - prablenha 8y ago
      Okay, don't worry then. I'm sure some people will come around with high quality counter arguments.
      - scrollaway 8y ago
        It won't help if you ignore their existence, just like you're ignoring the existence of counter-arguments to this guy's talk, many in this very thread.
TeMPOraL 8y ago
Should be, but sadly, they aren't. I suspect the suspension is a desperate attempt at trying to contain PR damage to the organization.
truculent 8y ago
> arguments should be fought with better arguments I find it surprising that you can follow up a comment that has no substance beyond invoking a vague emotional response with this. If you think arguments are the way for constructive discourse, perhaps you ought to present some arguments yourself.
Confusion 8y ago
You are assuming this was 'reasoned talk'.
- randyrand 8y ago
  the slides are linked somewhere

If this continues to be the response to a reasoned talk about gender differences, I fear trump-like characters will continue to gain ground. arguments should be fought with better arguments.

rtpg 8y ago

"Oh man people are really mad at this person, therefore _the person must be right_" You think that better arguments are going to convince people with this kind of reasoning? Loads of people all over the place are just wrong. It happens all the time. And there isn't a moral obligation to respond to some wrong opinion over and over again. People who think we need to have rational debates with flat earthers are not people who will be convinced by much. They are the 20% of people who think Bigfoot are real.

prablenha 8y ago
If they can't come up with counter arguments, then certainly that person is right.
- scrollaway 8y ago
  I can't come up with counter arguments to your post that you would not dismiss. That doesn't mean you're right, it means I'm bad at coming up with high quality counter arguments.
  - prablenha 8y ago
    Okay, don't worry then. I'm sure some people will come around with high quality counter arguments.
    - scrollaway 8y ago
      It won't help if you ignore their existence, just like you're ignoring the existence of counter-arguments to this guy's talk, many in this very thread.

TeMPOraL 8y ago

Should be, but sadly, they aren't. I suspect the suspension is a desperate attempt at trying to contain PR damage to the organization.

truculent 8y ago

> arguments should be fought with better arguments I find it surprising that you can follow up a comment that has no substance beyond invoking a vague emotional response with this. If you think arguments are the way for constructive discourse, perhaps you ought to present some arguments yourself.

Confusion 8y ago

You are assuming this was 'reasoned talk'.

randyrand 8y ago
the slides are linked somewhere