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A good tell on this one for this post specifically is it is writing down a fairly obvious, oft-repeated “rebuttal”, which is largely predicated on the people b
by gfodor 5y ago
A good tell on this one for this post specifically is it is writing down a fairly obvious, oft-repeated “rebuttal”, which is largely predicated on the people being rebutted being entirely compromised by greed and/or ignorance. This person would be incapable, it seems, to steelman his/her opponent given the contempt for them, so that backstops the notion their analysis is mostly noise.
- kevingadd 5y agoDoes the rebuttal being "fairly obvious, oft-repeated" somehow mean that nobody actually uses it or it somehow doesn't deserve mention? If people are repeating it, they're repeating it.
- gfodor 5y agoRepeating it is fine, but the longer time goes on where it’s repeated, the more the person proposing it looks like they think their opponents are just deficient not merely ignorant of the argument. The person here did us the favor of revealing their belief that their opponents are deficient, so that is helpful in reducing the weight of their post, but often this isn’t so obvious.