Well that's certainly true. But the question isn't whether they do (or do not) find the arguments ridiculous. The question is whether they should (or should not) do so.
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Replying to @Plato4Now @HPluckrose and
I think she means they might just think the arguments are ridiculous, as opposed to thinking that adults who keep doing philosophy "deserve a beating."
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Replying to @Intrinsic29 @HPluckrose and
Yes, that's how I understood her. I am eager for her reply.
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Replying to @Intrinsic29 @Plato4Now and
You lost me there. Although I'm always with that guy who said "Philosophy is finding bad reasons for what we know already." Don't remember who he was. Can't be important.
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Replying to @daveweeden @Plato4Now and
The point is that her tweet was merely expressing skepticism of his claim that the person in question thinks people who keep doing philosophy as adults "deserve to be beaten." So a coherent response would be either further substantiating that claim or qualifying it.
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Replying to @Intrinsic29 @Plato4Now and
This is a long thread, and I have skimmed, but I think there's a HUGE sense of humour failure going on here. NO ONE is arguing that people "deserve to be beaten." It's a joke.
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Replying to @daveweeden @Plato4Now and
It's not just a joke; it's an analogy meant to represent the person in question's stance and she disagreed that it does that well.
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Replying to @Intrinsic29 @daveweeden and
2/ ... because she thinks the arguments in question were worthy of ridicule. I would probably disagree, but because I didn't know which arguments she had in mind, and because I think it would be fun and informative, I proposed starting from scratch.
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Replying to @Plato4Now @daveweeden and
If you're always this bad at reading comprehension and/or keeping up with the logic of the discussion, I am not surprised in the slightest bit she doesn't want to have a rigorous 'debate' with you.pic.twitter.com/Kil8Vc2qat
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I'm just so bored trying to work out if he's actually said anything or not and if so, what. Honestly, I don't mind if other people want to communicate like this. I'll just absent myself from it.
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