RE: Dawkins defeated in debate?
March 21, 2013 at 11:06 am
(This post was last modified: March 21, 2013 at 11:08 am by Autumnlicious.)
Argue on a slippery topic, expect to lose some.
No one is perfect.
There are a variety of tactics one can use in a debate that objectively do little to confront an argument and instead attempt to sway the audience.
For example, I'd like to point out the Gish Gallop fallacy often wins audience approval despite having little to no bearing on a fully evaluated position - it merely places a temporary roadblock of statements that must be evaluated exhaustively. A cheap tactic to make one look big while wasting the other's time and resources.
That in mind, is it any surprise that anyone else can lose even if they're logically correct?
Humans aren't strict parsers for the most part. Simple things often are more readily accepted.
It is also the reason why I perceive many people as low grade morons - almost every topic has so many perspectives and positions that I can't stand to deny exist,
Doesn't mean I subscribe to them though.
Win some, lose some.
Hopefully Dawkins learned from this event
No one is perfect.
There are a variety of tactics one can use in a debate that objectively do little to confront an argument and instead attempt to sway the audience.
For example, I'd like to point out the Gish Gallop fallacy often wins audience approval despite having little to no bearing on a fully evaluated position - it merely places a temporary roadblock of statements that must be evaluated exhaustively. A cheap tactic to make one look big while wasting the other's time and resources.
That in mind, is it any surprise that anyone else can lose even if they're logically correct?
Humans aren't strict parsers for the most part. Simple things often are more readily accepted.
It is also the reason why I perceive many people as low grade morons - almost every topic has so many perspectives and positions that I can't stand to deny exist,
Doesn't mean I subscribe to them though.
Win some, lose some.
Hopefully Dawkins learned from this event
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