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This is an ad hominem argument. It attacks a position not because it's wrong, but because if you advance it you're a bad person.
by pfdietz 1y ago
This is an ad hominem argument. It attacks a position not because it's wrong, but because if you advance it you're a bad person.
- squigz 1y agoNot really. An ad hominem argument would be more like calling GP an idiot for thinking it should be "trivial" to find civilizations in the universe, but I wouldn't do that.
- pfdietz 1y agoYes really. It attacks a position for being arrogant, even if it's correct. What else could this be except an attempt to bully people who might claim this into silence? You may not have realized, or allowed yourself to realize, that you were doing that.