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If an "ad hominem" is what you call it when someone criticizes a person instead of their argument, what do you call it when you criticize someone's webpage inst

by rijoja 3y ago

If an "ad hominem" is what you call it when someone criticizes a person instead of their argument, what do you call it when you criticize someone's webpage instead of it's content? I don't think the author's goal here is to persuade anybody of anything, but rather to inform people of design options, which I am very grateful for. Personally I also find the website to have a fantastic design, and that a source of inspiration in terms of design.

brigandish 3y ago
Argument ad paginum (paginum being page) or perhaps argument ad opus (opus being work or labour) ?
- rijoja 3y ago
  Ah didn't expect an answer to that, but thank you, that is very interesting!
threatofrain 3y ago
I think both sides simultaneously have a leg to stand on. In terms of self-conduct, I try to skip past the noise and go for what I think is informative, and if complaining about a dentist's teeth is not informative then I skip past it. In this case I think there's more than enough value to skip past all the noisy complaints. At the same time I understand there is a part of how human judgment works that cannot help but develop a story on why the dentist has bad teeth, and thus it is an informal burden on a proponent to also be an exemplar of what they say.
- rijoja 3y ago
  That's a really good point, and I agree with you fully. What I do not agree with and am not sure if you agree with either, is that the dentist has bad teeth to begin with. Furthermore if you where to say that 1+1=2, isn't in fact 2 because a dentist with bad teeth said it was then you are simply plain wrong. Personally I find gwern to produce exemplary content*, and on a page that is really well designed. Which very much might be a matter of taste obviously, but this is very much the type of taste that makes me visit HN frequently, both in terms of aesthetics and content. I would highly recommend anyone reading this, to have a look at the rest of the content on gwern's webpage.
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by rijoja 3y ago

brigandish 3y ago

Argument ad paginum (paginum being page) or perhaps argument ad opus (opus being work or labour) ?

rijoja 3y ago
Ah didn't expect an answer to that, but thank you, that is very interesting!

threatofrain 3y ago

I think both sides simultaneously have a leg to stand on. In terms of self-conduct, I try to skip past the noise and go for what I think is informative, and if complaining about a dentist's teeth is not informative then I skip past it. In this case I think there's more than enough value to skip past all the noisy complaints. At the same time I understand there is a part of how human judgment works that cannot help but develop a story on why the dentist has bad teeth, and thus it is an informal burden on a proponent to also be an exemplar of what they say.

rijoja 3y ago
That's a really good point, and I agree with you fully. What I do not agree with and am not sure if you agree with either, is that the dentist has bad teeth to begin with. Furthermore if you where to say that 1+1=2, isn't in fact 2 because a dentist with bad teeth said it was then you are simply plain wrong. Personally I find gwern to produce exemplary content*, and on a page that is really well designed. Which very much might be a matter of taste obviously, but this is very much the type of taste that makes me visit HN frequently, both in terms of aesthetics and content. I would highly recommend anyone reading this, to have a look at the rest of the content on gwern's webpage.
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