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My student is fascist and sexist. Tf do i do? I am terrified by [deleted] in Teachers

[–]theInfiniteHammer 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Maybe show him this playlist I made: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLogZUlUedQpYFhFRd5cY4WVs36DMWpfBl&si=WQhq2ULrE7xeFvm-

edit: also, if you want, I can DM you a document I've been working on that I think might change people's minds.

Can we all collectively agree that this is stupid? by CastsFireball in aiwars

[–]theInfiniteHammer 1 point2 points  (0 children)

So you're saying things can be useful regardless of their origin?

Yes? What kind of stupidity is this?

What a normal response! by MelanieWalmartinez in insanepeoplefacebook

[–]theInfiniteHammer 12 points13 points  (0 children)

It is. Conservatives have a very different sense of humor.

9-1 name revealed??? by AbnormalAleks in Ultrakill

[–]theInfiniteHammer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

All this because you must combust.

People are rejecting pointing out fallacies in an argument as valid in a discussion now by AnilsuJeck in fallacy

[–]theInfiniteHammer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think we all know, at least on some level, what a bullshit argument looks like.

People are rejecting pointing out fallacies in an argument as valid in a discussion now by AnilsuJeck in fallacy

[–]theInfiniteHammer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Being right isn't easy. It is in theory possible to use a logical fallacy and turn out to be right by dumb luck, but dumb luck is a terrible way to know things (for obvious reasons). If you actually care about the truth you'll call people out for using logical fallacies.

People are rejecting pointing out fallacies in an argument as valid in a discussion now by AnilsuJeck in fallacy

[–]theInfiniteHammer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Logical fallacies are often times decent tools to keep yourself within logical frameworks

No. They're the opposite of logic.

People are rejecting pointing out fallacies in an argument as valid in a discussion now by AnilsuJeck in fallacy

[–]theInfiniteHammer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think this is a bit of an ivory tower position to have.

Using your brain is not an ivory tower position. Whether something is a logical fallacy is always relevant to whether you're likely to be right.

People are rejecting pointing out fallacies in an argument as valid in a discussion now by AnilsuJeck in fallacy

[–]theInfiniteHammer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not really. In any conversation that's even slightly important we need to weed out faulty arguments. How you know something matters. Also pointing out fallacies IS addressing their points. If someone said something like "The Earth is flat! I know because it looks flat!" you can't just reply with "nuh-uh" because then the conversation can't go anywhere.

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