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

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Comment author: MichaelBishop 24 May 2009 10:45:05PM *  0 points [-]

In saying "I haven't gotten the impression its a big deal," I did not mean that people never link to posts or articles about fallacies or biases without also writing a great deal of explanation for how the link is relevant. I meant that I don't find such comments like this (short, critical, with a link) particularly problematic.

Often times a short, critical, comment with a link is all I need. It may sometimes even communicate the key information more efficiently than a longer comment. If it is insufficient, I will ask for more explanation.