The Gish Gallop, how do you deal with it?

Discussion in 'Politics' started by Tuxan, Oct 2, 2024.

  1. spy

    spy

    Ok. IDK why you're replying to me though. So, don't be surprised if I'm not interested. I read your stuff all the time and when it sounds like utter nonsense I just ignore it. Oh well.

    How about we let sleeping dogs lie?
     
    #81     Oct 4, 2024
  2. newwurldmn

    newwurldmn

    only because I’m in Miami with my monstrous kids. :)
     
    #82     Oct 4, 2024
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  3. Ricter

    Ricter

    I think government needs to be only organized and strong enough to properly manage the system within its scope, per Ashby's law. Which is why I think most conservatives, at least of the knee-jerk Reaganite variety, are naive.

    I'm saving that observation about your writing style for later but since you saw it, you are not BeautifulStranger?
     
    #83     Oct 4, 2024
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  4. Snuskpelle

    Snuskpelle

    Something I read the other day: Supposedly MIT is working to address the fundamental problem of debating against nonsense not being scalable:
    https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adq1814
    https://debunkbot.com/

    In a way it makes sense that we would need to use machines to defend against propaganda originating from sophisticated state actors (Russia, China) that as of 2024 use machines to an increasing extent.
     
    #84     Oct 4, 2024
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