"Any kind of argument I can't respond to is invalid."
To Scott's credit, this response will be "persuasive" to some.
#BasketOfGullibleshttps://twitter.com/ScottAdamsSays/status/910915588444135426 …
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Argument by analogy IS an argument. Analogies can be good or bad—but in
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No one uses an analogy if they have an actual argument. Analogies are what you use to conceal the lack of argument.
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Twitter arguments remind me of few things, most of them funny.
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But I've seen people persuaded by analogies, even bad ones.
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Goodness me Scott, how are you a writer? If you think fiction, all analogies, can't make a single argument, you need to rethink things.
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Analogies are used for argument, but not persuasively. You only need one example to prove me wrong.
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A better way for
@ScottAdamsSays to state his position may be "Analogies aren't evidence" No evidence, no argument.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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