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Why the immediate ad hominem? Do you have specific grievances with the referenced blog post?
by Godel_unicode 6y ago
Why the immediate ad hominem? Do you have specific grievances with the referenced blog post?
- copperx 6y agoAd hominems are terrible in logical discourse, but with life advice, it's important to know who is dispensing the advice.
- Godel_unicode 6y agoI'm not sure the distinction between logical discourse and life advice is a useful one to draw. The reason that ad hominem is considered harmful is it leads to dismissing ideas without considering their merit. Dismissing advice out of hand purely based off of the source seems like a dangerous shortcut to espouse, as it's likely to lead to groupthink and echo chambers. I think, when looking for advice, one should go out of ones way to solicit different backgrounds (dare I say, a diverse set of opinions) and then synthesize them into a course of action. See also, taking the other side to lunch. https://www.npr.org/transcripts/505588812 https://www.npr.org/transcripts/505588812