Antisuji comments on How to annoy misanthropes and bleeding-hearts - Less Wrong

27 Post author: PhilGoetz 07 July 2011 02:27AM

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Comment author: Antisuji 07 July 2011 04:05:59AM 6 points [-]

Have you tried doing this in an actual argument, or seen it used effectively by someone else?

Comment author: PhilGoetz 07 July 2011 04:28:19AM *  2 points [-]

Not often enough to justify my use of the word "often", so I'll change that. Sample size of 2. "Effective" as a better way of getting out of a fruitless discussion than refusing to discuss it or waiting it out; no changing of minds was observed.

Framing it as a way to resolve an argument was mostly a narrative device for making people aware of this common logical inconsistency, which I usually see in written text where I don't have the chance to argue back.

Comment author: DanielLC 08 July 2011 02:06:04AM 2 points [-]

You said misanthropes and bleeding hearts. Do you only have one sample of each, or none of one?