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> it is usually better to address concerns from others, rather than to dismiss them It is often better.... Many ideas are designed to be refuted. The refutat
by worik 4y ago
> it is usually better to address concerns from others, rather than to dismiss them
It is often better....
Many ideas are designed to be refuted. The refutation spreads the ideas. It is part of the strategy. A "mind worm" (to coin a phrase) only needs to be repeated and it will do its job. Refuting it is repeating it.
So dismiss the speaker, attack the speaker's credentials and motivations ignoring the ideas. argumentum ad hominem, whilst rhetorically invalid, is the best tactic in those circumstances.
- anon_123g987 4y ago> A "mind worm" (to coin a phrase) It's called a "meme" (in its original definition by Richard Dawkins). And this kind of forcing a rebuttal is "trolling". Dismissing this trolling is phrased as "Don't feed the troll!". https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meme https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meme https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_troll https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_troll
- trgn 4y agoAnd this particular example of trolling, is "concern trolling".
- ALittleLight 4y agoI'm imagining two conversations A: We should use more windmills. B: No, those kill too many birds. A: You don't know what you're talking about, you have no credentials, and you are just motivated to stop renewables! A': We can paint the rotors to avoid killing birds. A' seems like a much better response even if A is accurate. Maybe you need to be A if you can't be A', but if you can...
- Schroedingersat 4y ago"Wind turbines with a painted blade would still kill 1 million birds a year" Doesn't help any. The number is already vastly smaller than cars or regular buildings or a single coal plant so making it even smaller willdo nothing if it'snot zero.