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The only bad faith argument I've ever seen on HN is calling any argument you disagree with and can't refute a "bad-faith argument".
by puffoflogic 4y ago
The only bad faith argument I've ever seen on HN is calling any argument you disagree with and can't refute a "bad-faith argument".
- skinnymuch 4y agoKeep in mind, many times people making bad faith arguments don’t even realize it.
- puffoflogic 4y agoI think that demonstrates that the meaning of "bad-faith" is, well, in bad faith. A correct definition of "bad faith" makes it a question of the speaker's state of mind. Not only can the speaker always judge this for himself, but he is the only one who can judge it. The only way a speaker could fail to realize his argument is in bad faith is if that is a question not of his own state of mind but of the listener's opinion.
- the_only_law 4y agoYou clearly haven’t been reading then.