freyley comments on Catchy Fallacy Name Fallacy (and Supporting Disagreement) - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Cyan 21 May 2009 05:25:08PM *  3 points [-]

True. Nevertheless, it's not very useful to be right if the person who's wrong can't get your point.

ETA: As freyley points out, no goal was specified explicitly, so "useful" is ambiguous in the above sentence. Good catch!

Comment author: freyley 22 May 2009 05:31:25AM 1 point [-]

That depends on whether you're making the point for the sake of the person who's wrong, or other readers.