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> am just so put off by Wolfram's puffed up, bafflegab This is basically the definition of an ad hominem. He may be an asshole, but so were many other great
by ur-whale 6y ago
> am just so put off by Wolfram's puffed up, bafflegab
This is basically the definition of an ad hominem.
He may be an asshole, but so were many other great scientists (Newton comes to mind).
That does not have any correlation to the value of the work.
- leephillips 6y agoI thought the definition was judging the validity of an argument based on who is making it, not just saying that somebody puts you off. If he had said that Wolfram’s theory is wrong because Wolfram is an ass, that would have been ad hominem.