Facts don't matter when it comes to persuasion. We just want them to matter.
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Replying to @Chris8711 @krassenstein
Sure. And we all ought to be billionaires who can fly by flapping our arms. Neither will happen.
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Replying to @ScottAdamsSays @krassenstein
No, we may WANT to be flying billionaires. That's very different from a statement of "ought." Does this mean you believe presidents should operate amorally?
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Cathy Newman's newest sock-puppet account weighs in...pic.twitter.com/Qq6PZqqUmm
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You understand there is a giant chasm of difference between "ought" and "want," right? One implies a moral imperative.
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You've missed the part of the discussion where Scott shows you "when facts matter". To wit - Fact: a bus just ran you over. That matters. All the rest is just verbal jockeying.pic.twitter.com/amKNdyND0D
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The irony is that you're addressing a caricature of what I think and what I'm arguing. The problem with privileging persuasion over good faith argument is that you sacrifice logical coherence and intellectual honesty in the process.
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I hear that George "Bowtie Boy" Will is a good faith argumentator. He stopped persuading a decade or two ago, unfortunately...
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You don't seem to think the moral implications are of any consequence, and that was my initial point to
@ScottAdamsSays: you are effectively arguing that Presidents should be amoral and that it's naïve to demand some standard of coherence.3 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
No one argues for immorality. Everyone argues for comparing total costs to total benefits. Now I'm going to block you for acting like that didn't end the debate.
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