A single instance is enough for falsification. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
When an online conversation sinks to the level of arguing about the meanings of words or basic logic, it will never bounce back.
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Not just online. "It depends on the definition of the word 'is'". - Bill Clinton
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“It’s not [health] *insurance* if it covers future certainties [bc pre-existing condition]”. Gee this really advanced the discussion, thanks
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When an online conversation starts with different understandings of the meanings of words how does dialogue even start?
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However it happens, it sure as hell doesn't happen effectively on Twitter
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That’s sort of what I meant - you can’t “define the issue away” by using a dictionary.
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I think he's just talking about what happens often when debating things with folks online.
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Often when people are losing a debate they resort to going after the very definition of basic words.
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A similar parallel to this is the "I'm entitled to my opinion" stance which is similar to attacking definitions of basic words.
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sometimes, people use words to. point to personal experience that the other would never have guessed, so sometimes it does make sense to ask
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