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In some sense, isn't making flawed arguments an intelligence flaw by definition?
by jstanley 2y ago
In some sense, isn't making flawed arguments an intelligence flaw by definition?
- thfuran 2y agoThat depends on the flaw and whether you'd consider lacking omniscience to be a sign of low intelligence.
- mistermann 2y agoNot necessarily. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Logical_truth&diffonly=true https://en.m.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Logical_truth&d... https://iep.utm.edu/gettier/ https://iep.utm.edu/gettier/ For example: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trickster https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trickster
- samatman 2y agoArgument is an art of rhetoric, not logic. Many very smart people make flawed arguments, sometimes instinctively, sometimes deliberately. I'm not saying they should. In fact, I'll now say: they shouldn't. But whatever defect this habit is evidence of, it isn't necessarily a defect of their intelligence. Sometimes, but not always, or even usually.