Effective criticism can usually be cast in a form analogous to "you're proposing a perpetual motion machine"
The only approach to critique I find intellectually rigorous and interesting to listen to is in the form of conservation laws (physics-like)
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@vgr I know of money-pump arguments in economics and probability (dutch books), other examples? - Show replies
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@GabrielDuquette pretty much how physics works. All physics can be expressed as conservation laws/symmetry principles (same thing)Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@eli_schiff@vgr Both can be. In practice, criticism that aims only to undermine often points towards a useless epistemological nihilism.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@eli_schiff@vgr Sometimes it does! But— solutionism often presents as criticism that undermines. Generous to say it ‘opens up ground.'Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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