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In all seriousness, how are you supposed to "refute the central point" when the central point appears to be an anti-semitic conspiracy theory? How do you const
by Nacraile 11y ago
In all seriousness, how are you supposed to "refute the central point" when the central point appears to be an anti-semitic conspiracy theory? How do you construct a reasoned, evidence backed counter-argument to an absurd, evidence-free belief? How do you prove a negative? (How do you reason a man out of a position he didn't reason himself into?)
- dataker 11y agoYou ignore and/or downvote
- auntienomen 11y agoHow do you construct a reasoned, evidence backed counter-argument to an absurd, evidence-free belief? One answer is that you fight stupid with stupid. See for example, Ali G winning an argument with a creationist by asking him, "OK, has you ever eaten a banana?" But, on HN, ignore and downvote. Stupid isn't welcome.