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I beg your pardon, I was trying to crack a funny. It seems it is impossible to parody an extremist belief without somebody mistaking it for the general article.

I beg your pardon, I was trying to crack a funny. It seems it is impossible to parody an extremist belief without somebody mistaking it for the general article. I was attempting to parody the fundamentalist debating pedant point of view. Poe’s Law strikes again: http://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Poes_Law http://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Poes_Law

corin_ 15y ago
The depressing thing is I can imagine people genuinely making the exact suggestion you made, with no humour at all. Sorry!
- Bud 15y ago
  Er, HN already does limit access via arbitrarily-chosen tests of user quality. They just chose different tests. :) I don't think it'd be a 100% bad idea to implement some sort of knowledge-based testing, wire it up to varying levels of initial access/privs on a site, and see what happens, as an experiment. User privs could then evolve once the user had actually posted or commented or rated things.
  - eru 15y ago
    What are those tests? I haven't joined HN in ages (and then, only once), so I'm not up to date on the current procedures.
    - moheeb 15y ago
      You have to come up with a username AND password!
      - pyre 15y ago
        Or remember your Facebook/Twitter/etc username/password.
- deleted 15y ago
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- dhimes 15y ago
  If it's any consolation, he got me last week. http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2846306 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2846306
Joeboy 15y ago
I'm disappointed - I think your idea is brilliant (although I wouldn't go with those examples)
- raganwald 15y ago
  Although my tongue was in my cheek, I think there’s at least a grain of truth in each of those examples.
  - mkr-hn 15y ago
    It's possible to recognize that a fallacy is a fallacy without knowing the name. Asking "Is this a valid criticism?" kicks in the part of the brain that thinks about things. If the person answers "Duh," you put them in some kind of post jail and make them earn their way out. I couldn't have named all those, but I recognized them as false criticisms immediately.
Shenglong 15y ago
I laughed - don't worry.
ScottBurson 15y ago
Oh crap. I caught your joke about pope-approved condoms the other day, but this time you had me going. I found this puzzle both entertaining and educational. I guess that means I'm not qualified to post here ;-}
damoncali 15y ago
A sign of great writing: Half the readers think it's serious, the other half think it's a joke. Well done.

corin_ 15y ago

The depressing thing is I can imagine people genuinely making the exact suggestion you made, with no humour at all. Sorry!

Bud 15y ago
Er, HN already does limit access via arbitrarily-chosen tests of user quality. They just chose different tests. :) I don't think it'd be a 100% bad idea to implement some sort of knowledge-based testing, wire it up to varying levels of initial access/privs on a site, and see what happens, as an experiment. User privs could then evolve once the user had actually posted or commented or rated things.
- eru 15y ago
  What are those tests? I haven't joined HN in ages (and then, only once), so I'm not up to date on the current procedures.
  - moheeb 15y ago
    You have to come up with a username AND password!
    - pyre 15y ago
      Or remember your Facebook/Twitter/etc username/password.
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dhimes 15y ago
If it's any consolation, he got me last week. http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2846306 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2846306

Joeboy 15y ago

I'm disappointed - I think your idea is brilliant (although I wouldn't go with those examples)

raganwald 15y ago
Although my tongue was in my cheek, I think there’s at least a grain of truth in each of those examples.
- mkr-hn 15y ago
  It's possible to recognize that a fallacy is a fallacy without knowing the name. Asking "Is this a valid criticism?" kicks in the part of the brain that thinks about things. If the person answers "Duh," you put them in some kind of post jail and make them earn their way out. I couldn't have named all those, but I recognized them as false criticisms immediately.

Shenglong 15y ago

I laughed - don't worry.

ScottBurson 15y ago

Oh crap. I caught your joke about pope-approved condoms the other day, but this time you had me going. I found this puzzle both entertaining and educational. I guess that means I'm not qualified to post here ;-}

damoncali 15y ago

A sign of great writing: Half the readers think it's serious, the other half think it's a joke. Well done.