Re: Poison, From the Far Right? (Rocket Fuel...)

From: Greg Kuperberg (greg_at_see-web-page.edu)
Date: 03/01/05 

Date: Tue, 1 Mar 2005 02:05:17 +0000 (UTC)

In article <a8udndO5K9BLX77fRVn-pQ@dls.net>,
Paul F. Dietz <dietz@dls.net> wrote:
>Greg Kuperberg wrote:
>> It's the famous theory of the weak argument. Trial attorneys are deeply
>> fearful of them; a weak argument in court is a much bigger setback than
>> a strong argument from the other side. The only problem is that the
>> theory is false. The world is full of people who make bad arguments
>> for just about every position.
>Oh, surely. The argument is heuristic, not some kind of ironclad proof.
>But it's a very useful heuristic, particularly if one takes care to
>sample from various sources.

Actually it's evidence of brain rot caused by Usenet, IRC, and blogs.
Out in the real world, there are debates that are not drowned out by
losers and loudmouths. Or, if you have to use the Internet, you can
concentrate on professional scholarship. 

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