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The issue is that we have a spiral - past successes may only be a predictor of future performance because of the privileges we endow to successful people. No o
by sudosysgen 5y ago
The issue is that we have a spiral - past successes may only be a predictor of future performance because of the privileges we endow to successful people.
No one is asking for absolute certainty, people are asking for a solid argument, so far they seem very soft. If using specific language causes an argument to be impossible then the argument itself is weak - I assure you that fuzzier topics can be discussed with more specific language, it just has to be thought out carefully.
- TameAntelope 5y agoAn argument isn't weak because it relies on specific language, it's specific. If we can't agree on what the word "merit" means (or indeed "weakness"), it's useless to continue to discuss what is and isn't meritorious (or weak). That is what has happened here, along with a fairly significant number of willful misrepresentations, to the point of assumed malice, of what I've written.