I don’t think that can function as an argument that the recommendation shouldn’t have been made in the first place
I agree, and I didn’t mention that document or my degree of trust in it.
I feel your overall engagement here hasn’t been very productive.
I suppose it depends what you want to produce. If debates were predictably productive I presume people would just update without even having to have a debate.
it feels like you’re reaching for whatever counterarguments you can think of, without considering whether someone who disagreed with you would have an immediate response
What counterarguments is one supposed to make, other than the ones one thinks of? I suppose the alternative is to not make a counterargument, or start a debate with all possible lines of play fully worked out and prepared? A high standard, to be sure. Sometimes one doesn’t correctly anticipate the actual responses. Is there some tax on number of comments or responses? I mean this is valid to an extent, if someone is making really dumb arguments, but then again sometimes one has to ask the emperor why he isn’t wearing any clothes.
I agree, and I didn’t mention that document or my degree of trust in it.
I suppose it depends what you want to produce. If debates were predictably productive I presume people would just update without even having to have a debate.
What counterarguments is one supposed to make, other than the ones one thinks of? I suppose the alternative is to not make a counterargument, or start a debate with all possible lines of play fully worked out and prepared? A high standard, to be sure. Sometimes one doesn’t correctly anticipate the actual responses. Is there some tax on number of comments or responses? I mean this is valid to an extent, if someone is making really dumb arguments, but then again sometimes one has to ask the emperor why he isn’t wearing any clothes.