shokwave comments on The noncentral fallacy - the worst argument in the world? - LessWrong

157 Post author: Yvain 27 August 2012 03:36AM

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Comment author: shokwave 28 August 2012 04:55:15PM 2 points [-]

It might be easier to come up with examples if you go back to your original definition and note that it allows for categories with positive qualities lending their positive qualities to category members who lack those physical qualities. (Leftist arguments as a rhetorical class are usually phrased in terms of including things in positive categories, whereas rightist arguments are more well-known for including things in negative categories.)

Comment author: Vaniver 28 August 2012 09:10:39PM 2 points [-]

For example, something like "we should support racial diversity because of the benefits of ideological diversity"?