I think you and I have different interpretations of the word ālegitimate.ā Oxford says āconforming to the law or to rules; ā¦ able to be defended with logic or justification.ā I guess it is technically true if you are allowing for the possibility of fallacious logic.
Yes, people make faulty logical conclusions all the time. Iām not saying those people are bad or internally inconsistent. But if such a stance drives someone away from a cause area in which they could have had a tangible positive impact, that is a suboptimal outcome.
Dave, now you are cherry picking.
Oxford also states āfor which there is a fair and acceptable reason. SYNONYMS valid, justifiable.ā
And there are āfair and acceptable reasonsā to be bothered by people that donāt care about the impact that predictable, āfaulty logicalā conclusions of the public have on their behavior resulting in āsuboptimal outcomeā.
Itās a fair assumption that a great proportion of the general public does not distinguish between people and cause. If you truly want the cause to succeedāor have optimal outcomeāyou should care about mitigating that risk and not blame suboptimal outcome on logical fallacies of others.
Please donāt āshouldā on meāor anyone else for that matterāJulian. Itās disrespectful.
I feel that educating people about logical fallacies is the way forward. But I am curious to hear what you or others propose that doesnāt simply enable people to perpetuate existing behaviors.
I think you and I have different interpretations of the word ālegitimate.ā Oxford says āconforming to the law or to rules; ā¦ able to be defended with logic or justification.ā I guess it is technically true if you are allowing for the possibility of fallacious logic.
Yes, people make faulty logical conclusions all the time. Iām not saying those people are bad or internally inconsistent. But if such a stance drives someone away from a cause area in which they could have had a tangible positive impact, that is a suboptimal outcome.
Dave, now you are cherry picking. Oxford also states āfor which there is a fair and acceptable reason. SYNONYMS valid, justifiable.ā
And there are āfair and acceptable reasonsā to be bothered by people that donāt care about the impact that predictable, āfaulty logicalā conclusions of the public have on their behavior resulting in āsuboptimal outcomeā.
Itās a fair assumption that a great proportion of the general public does not distinguish between people and cause. If you truly want the cause to succeedāor have optimal outcomeāyou should care about mitigating that risk and not blame suboptimal outcome on logical fallacies of others.
Please donāt āshouldā on meāor anyone else for that matterāJulian. Itās disrespectful.
I feel that educating people about logical fallacies is the way forward. But I am curious to hear what you or others propose that doesnāt simply enable people to perpetuate existing behaviors.