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Arguing over minor differences in words when a person's intent is sufficiently clear ... really is pointless.
by xenophanes 16y ago
Arguing over minor differences in words when a person's intent is sufficiently clear ... really is pointless.
- stcredzero 16y agoI find most debate tactics pointless. I find some of them a bit intellectually dishonest. An honest search for the truth involves questioning and self doubt. A lot of the way debating is practiced discourages the right kind of openness and keeps people away from the truth. I think I'd like to see more of the "intellectual potlach" I see a few really brilliant and confident people playing. (They are so confident, they willingly put their ideas into the fire, knowing they'll most likely come out unscathed.)
- Semiapies 16y agoNot a minor difference; debates happen in civil threads on this site. Arguments involve situations like blowhards yelling at cops giving them parking tickets. TFA confuses the two to some extent.