I totally agree with this.
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Just insult them while moving the argument along at the same time.
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If someone tries trolling me, or hits me with lies, that automatically disqualifies them from receiving a civil, reasoned reply. If you aren't going to discuss matters in good faith, I see no reason to continue any discussion beyond "Go jump down a hole, Troll."
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I think it's a temptation that should be avoided particularly if one wants to maintain their intellectual reputation. It's rare that insulting an individual is more of a shorthand than criticizing their claim.
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Also, a common mistake is for people to think a mere insult is an ad hominem; no, calling someone an idiot is just an insult, calling someone an idiot and saying that is why their argument is false is an ad hominem. -Dr. Chris.
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Recently I had a person insist her research was valid, and I should just accept it. And then attempted to refer to her unpublished resreach as establishing an authority. Shefinished up with the pipers playing as she use a 3rd fallacy, one true Scotsman. A trifecta of fallacies.
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Yeah, people misunderstand this fallacy a lot. If someone’s argument depends on them trustworthy or competent (eg: they make some claim without evidence), then it’s not fallacious to consider if they’re trustworthy. It’s only fallacious when their argument doesn’t require trust
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Isn't appeal to authority specifically used when the authority you're citing has nothing to do with the topic? Like if I were to say "vaccines are safe because Stephen Hawking said it is" Is an AtAuthority because, while he's an authority in physics, not so in medicine.
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OK so I didn't read literally the last part of tweet which is exactly this.
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Lots of people seem unable to understand that pointing out an individual has multiple retractions and is funded by an anti-vaccine group and that you’re therefore disinclined to believe their latest publication isn’t fallacious ad hom...
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Or, for example, someone shared this poster with me. I’m immediately curious as to who the authors are, who they cite (Brinth, Shoenfeld) and who exactly are ” Berlin Cures” and who has validated their assay... Is that ad hom?pic.twitter.com/jCKpmc7Cwb
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