They might just find the arguments ridiculous?
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Replying to @HPluckrose @Intrinsic29 and
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 @Intrinsic29 and
But it still has a meaning and it misses the point. This whole conversation has been so tedious and point-missy and point-scorey and semantic-pedantic. This is the stereotype of Twitter philosophers &, like most stereotypes, it has merit.
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Replying to @HPluckrose @daveweeden and
Yes the point missing and point scoring has all been on one side.
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I am quite sure that I am equally perceived as having missed the point but that is fine. We can have our different points separately and then the tedium can end.
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