magfrump comments on Logical Rudeness - Less Wrong

65 Post author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 29 January 2010 06:48AM

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Comment author: magfrump 29 January 2010 06:22:02PM 3 points [-]

This seems like the perfect place for the person making the claim about student loans to make a concession (demoting their "always" to "almost always") thus making their debating partner more comfortable to listen to the meat of their argument; but it is also necessary not to take that demotion from "always" to "almost always" as defeat of the entire argument.

Comment author: brazil84 30 January 2010 01:39:41PM 2 points [-]

I basically agree, and in this situation my response would be something like "I concede that not all law schools charge ridiculously high tuition but I think my basic point stands.