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thomblake comments on In Defense of Tone Arguments - Less Wrong Discussion

24 Post author: OrphanWilde 19 July 2012 07:48PM

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Comment author: thomblake 19 July 2012 08:52:24PM 5 points [-]

You're starting from the unfounded presumption that a tone argument is a dismissal of the argument.

Yes, that last bit is super-important.

Comment author: TimS 19 July 2012 11:47:49PM *  2 points [-]

And often true.

Edit: More thorough analysis here