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This is a common argument against activism and it's a classic logical fallacy. You're doing X, but Y would be more effective, therefore X is pointless. In rea
by analog 14y ago
This is a common argument against activism and it's a classic logical fallacy.
You're doing X, but Y would be more effective, therefore X is pointless.
In reality what happens is that someone does X and someone else does Y, and it's not uncommon for the same group to do both.
Fwiw, I don't have any view on whether this attack (if it is one) is justified. I haven't read enough on what MIT have/haven't done so I can't comment.
- vor_ 14y agoThe post you're replying to doesn't say anything about being pointless, but besides that, surely it's not a logical fallacy to point out that one action is more effective than another.
- BrokenPipe 14y agomeh, he didn't say pointless but seems like he meant it by saying " low hanging fruit"
- snowwrestler 14y agoThe converse fallacy would be that "anything X that is easy for me to do is therefore an effective form of activism."