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"No True Scotsman" is usually (as in Wikipedia) defined as initially providing a very broad statement, then qualifying it narrowly when the statement is demonst
by nickff 5y ago
"No True Scotsman" is usually (as in Wikipedia) defined as initially providing a very broad statement, then qualifying it narrowly when the statement is demonstrated to be false. The top-level commenter (TLC) did nothing of the sort.
The TLC didn't use "weasel wording" either, which are vague and unverifiable statements. On the contrary, the TLC was very specific, perhaps unreasonably so.
- themacguffinman 5y ago"serious practitioner" is not specific or verifiable in the slightest. I suppose there's not much more to be said if we can't agree on that.