brazil84 comments on Critiquing Gary Taubes, Part 2: Atkins Redux - Less Wrong

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Comment author: brazil84 27 December 2013 07:36:36PM -1 points [-]

An ad homenim is an attempt to tarnish a person's position by criticizing the person.

Well you have certainly criticized me. Although you claim that it was done simply to "to explain to you why I'm not going to debate the subject with you," you said nothing about that in your earlier post. Here's what you said:

I have however-many years of reading your comments here and your barely-positive karma ratio to remind me that you will be drawing your own conclusions completely independently of someone else being able to back up their claims.

Besides your nasty tone, there was nothing in there about it being an explanation for why you did not want to have a discussion with me.

But by all means, take my response as a concession

I will -- it's pretty obvious why you keep trying to shift the exchange away from your earlier claim about the clarity of Taubes' position.

By the way, it's fascinating that you perceive a simple request for a definition as "debate." I haven't yet disputed that you have accurately summarized Taubes' position.

Comment author: Jack 27 December 2013 08:11:06PM *  -1 points [-]

Although you claim that it was done simply to "to explain to you why I'm not going to debate the subject with you," you said nothing about that in your earlier post.

Back one more post:

And precisely how I might disagree with those definitions isn't important since you and I aren't going to have an extended conversation about this. If you're curious you can read the discussion I'll have with Chris.

I was trying to be polite...

I will -- it's pretty obvious why you keep trying to shift the exchange away from your earlier claim about the clarity of Taubes' position.

If literally anyone else thinks this they are welcome to say so and I will talk with them about it. Done now.

Comment author: brazil84 27 December 2013 08:28:25PM -1 points [-]

I was trying to be polite...

If that's true, I would hate to see you trying to be unpleasant. You could have easily said -- right from the beginning -- "based on your previous posts I prefer not to engage with you." But instead you were nasty, rude, and by some strange coincidence, engaged in an "appeal to Google" when I put your position under a little scrutiny. And it was only then that you decided that you did not want to discuss substance with me.

Anyway, I am repeating my earlier request:

Please give me your definition of "refined carbohydrates" so that I can understand your view about Taubes' position.

TIA.

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