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

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Comment author: hirvinen 28 May 2009 03:48:17PM 0 points [-]

sometimes it really is pretty obvious that a particular error has been committed

The degree or lack of obviousness is a fact about the reader's mind, not about the error.

Comment author: conchis 28 May 2009 06:02:02PM 0 points [-]

Of course. By "pretty obvious" I meant "obvious to most readers" (obviously! :P).