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rdevillatoday at 2:59 AM1 replyview on HN

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motte-and-bailey_fallacy

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47538165

Such a common pattern, I'm tired of seeing it. "That's not what it's saying, those words actually mean..." again and again, ad infinitum. A perverse form of moving the goalposts. Your reply has no relation whatsoever to what was previously stated, it is a new argument entirely.


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space_fountaintoday at 3:03 AM

Nope, I’m consistently saying the same thing. When have I said something else?

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