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> Imagine employing some of the most brilliant engineers on the planet Maybe we should stop with that tired fallacious rhetoric? Just because you work at a mas
by latexr 9mo ago
> Imagine employing some of the most brilliant engineers on the planet
Maybe we should stop with that tired fallacious rhetoric? Just because you work at a massive company doesn’t make you “brilliant”.
- freedomben 9mo agoGP did not say that just because you work at a massive company you are brilliant. Nor did they say just working at Google makes you brilliant. The irony of your comment of accusing them of using fallacious rhetoric, is that your reply uses one of the most common fallacies of all: strawman fallacy
- latexr 9mo agoGP assumed “the most brilliant engineers” are working on these problems. There’s zero reason to believe that is true and the one thing we know about those people is that they work for Google. Their argument isn’t new, it’s just a rehash of “the most brilliant minds of our generation are working on trying to get you to click on ads”. My criticism was directed at the general argument, which is simply wrong. That comment is based on nothing except those people working at those corporations. It is not a strawman because I am disagreeing with the conclusion as quoted, the reasoning being immaterial.