As I said, how do you suppose scientific knowledge progresses if correlation is not taken to imply the possibility of causation. — Isaac
now at the fact that you're inserting "the possibility of causation" in there. — Terrapin Station
I'm not 'inserting' it. — Isaac
You realized you made a gaffe, and you're doing typical Internet conversation moves of trying to spin it into a save. — Terrapin Station
Why is correcting an error a 'spin'? Why would you conduct a debate in such a bizzare fashion? — Isaac
I have zero interest in "debating." — Terrapin Station
Until then I intend to continue presenting the flaws in your arguments as best I can. — Isaac
Maybe we can end the metadiscussion now. — Terrapin Station
I’m sorry, maybe I misinterpreted your argument. Could you reformulate it without false analogies and quibbling? — NOS4A2
Sure... So your counter-argument to my position as it currently stands is...? — Isaac
What was the fault in my reasoning? — NOS4A2
To laugh at the fact that you weren't familiar with "correlation does not imply causation" and then to laugh again at your eventual attempt to claim that you were arguing that it "implies the possibility of causation" as if that were somehow material to what you want to claim in the first place, or as if we were somehow having a conversation about what is and isn't possible. — Terrapin Station
It was a fallacy of relevance, and more specifically a hasty generalisation if you were suggesting that the fact that hate speech such as Hitler’s speeches do not incite you to hatred or violence, but rather incite you to the opposite, meaning to the hatred of Hitler, is sufficient grounds for concluding that hate speech should therefore be allowed.
I should not have had to spell that out. You should work on your critical thinking skills
I never said my contrary reaction meant hate speech should be allowed. A straw man. — NOS4A2
I was making the point that the theory that hate speech incites hatred against the victims of hate speech can be falsified. — NOS4A2
Do continue making up what you think I'm arguing. — Terrapin Station
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