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"but this usually turns into..." You're arguing with someone who isn't present. If and when someone makes that argument here, you can refute the argument they
by a4isms 5y ago
"but this usually turns into..."
You're arguing with someone who isn't present. If and when someone makes that argument here, you can refute the argument they actually make, rather than the one in your own head. Until then, you're actually arguing with your own personal straw-man.
Also, and this is an actual thing in the HN guidelines, when you do argue, calling ideas staggeringly stupid and so forth is strongly discouraged.
- jjoonathan 5y agoYou're just declining to engage because you know I'm right :) Fair enough.
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- a4isms 5y agoAgain, you're making things up. I never said that, I didn't even say you were wrong. I actually said you were not even wrong, and I'll say it again here: When you decide for yourself what somebody else might say—but hasn't said, or decide for yourself why you think somebody didn't say something, you're arguing with yourself. "Not even wrong" has a very specific meaning here, it means arguing from speculative premises that cannot be falsified. Like, "But other people will argue X," or, "You declined to engage because Y." Both of these statement forms are not even wrong. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Not_even_wrong https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Not_even_wrong