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The idea that whoever loses their temper first is wrong is one of the most idiotic, backwards notions I've seen taken seriously on this site. Should we just find the calmest person on earth and give THEM the keys to our AI development, because they never get angry and thus can't possibly be wrong?
P.S. If you mind my flippant response, you're clearly in the wrong!
P.P.S. Please have a sense of humour :)
It's not that the one that gets angry is wrong, it's that if anger or offense is all you've got to refute the argument against, you lose.
"The assumption of the adversarial mode is that if the other person loses their temper, it's because their position is weak."
Seriously, at least TRY to demonstrate reading comprehension.
"When presented with "Jesus is an invisible, magical, wish-granting friend," if the Christian doesn't have either a serious response or a clever quip"
Emphasis added. I hardly think a clever quip is a more worthwhile refutation! Anger at least suggests that there is, on some non-conscious level, an actual objection.
P.P.S. Please continue having a sense of humour ^_^
Thank you for the demonstration; I considered doing it myself but decided it might not be obvious.