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Really I think you could just get away with testing to see if the user knows the difference between an Ad Hominem and a standard insult. There is little more a
by burgerbrain 15y ago
Really I think you could just get away with testing to see if the user knows the difference between an Ad Hominem and a standard insult.
There is little more annoying than someone who thinks they see logical fallacies where none exist and take the conversation from bad (real arguments intermixed with old fashioned insults) to worse (nothing but an argument from fallacy)
"I don't claim to know what an Ad Hominem is." would also be a passing response in my book...
- pbhjpbhj 15y agoShowing a person's argument to be fallacious doesn't show there position is wrong. Many it seems fail to grasp this point.