Something surprising I've learned from forums: intellectual dishonesty is an art form. When I write an essay on a controversial topic, I can usually predict what the median attack on it will be. But occasionally I'll see one of just breathtaking novelty.
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So yes, an intellectually dishonest person might cause you to rephrase something in order to make it harder to willfully misinterpret, but that's not really an improvement from the point of view of the ordinary reader.
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Yeah I agree. And intellectual systems cannot be taken down in an instant like computer systems can be So perhaps a strategy that says "attack this from any angle possible" won't/shouldn't apply to arguments like it can to computers

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