Hierarchy of argumentation: Calling someone an ass-hat is not an argument(acceleratingfuture.com)
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Hierarchy of argumentation: Calling someone an ass-hat is not an argument
http://www.acceleratingfuture.com/michael/blog/images/disagreement-hierarchy.jpg
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Brilliant. Now if only I could find out who tagged it as "Humor" on Delicious, because this is one of the most important & serious diagrams I've seen online in a long time....
Thank you, Paul Graham, for elaborating God's own -- er, your own -- Hierarchy Of Argumentation. Without it I would otherwise have passed this life unaware of the fact that "you are an ass hat" is a poorer argument than explicitly refuting one's opponent's central point. I can't show my appreciation enough for this.
I genuflect at your feet, sir.
I genuflect at your feet, sir.
http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=158060
Which points to the original blog post here:
http://blog.createdebate.com/2008/04/07/writing-strong-argum...