JJ10DMAN comments on The Least Convenient Possible World - Less Wrong

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Comment author: JJ10DMAN 10 August 2010 11:13:06AM 2 points [-]

Yes! I can't believe I don't see this repeated in one form or another more often. Fallacies are a bit like prions in that they tend to force a cascade of fallacies to derive from them, and one of my favorite debate tactics is the thought experiment, "Let's assume your entire premise is true. How might this contradict your position?"

Usually the list is longer than my own arguments.