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> Funny thing to say on a site dedicated to building businesses using computers. Business, even the computer business, is overwhelmingly about people, not comp
by JabavuAdams 16y ago
> Funny thing to say on a site dedicated to building businesses using computers.
Business, even the computer business, is overwhelmingly about people, not computers. If you cannot communicate effectively with people, you're doomed at business, even the tech business.
> or simply pointing out there was a logical fallacy in the letter
The problem here is that you're just reading the text of the replies, but not "reading between the lines". It's not that the responders can't see a logical flaw. Instead, they're seeing in your responses a broken model of how to convince people. They're trying to draw your attention to this, but you've been remarkably resistant to it, focusing only on the logical content of the argument.
> who clearly don't understand what a logical fallacy looks like if it smacked them in the face, have a happy new year and I weep for you
Oh please -- weep for your own naivete. These histrionics make you look inexperienced and oblivious to nuance.
- elblanco 16y agoThanks for reminding me how far down HN has come in the last six months or so. Engineering, science, logic and rational thought is no longer a valuable concepts here. This site is now firmly rooted in constant appeals to emotion. It's not about right or wrong anymore, or even best, it's about feelings. As of 1/1/2011, I quit.
- JabavuAdams 16y agoSee -- it works! I shouldn't gloat, as you seem to post interesting articles and comments, but I couldn't pass up this object lesson. Rhetoric > Reason for the foreseeable future. It's okay. Just accept it, use it, and you can still make the world a better place. Or ... fail to accept this fact and let reality break you and make you unhappy and/or ineffective.