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by wyager
3460 days ago
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What is your point? I'm making an argument that can stand or fall on its own. Dropping links that don't add any semantic value is a cheap trick to buy the appearance of a strong argument, but doesn't change the meaning of anything in the post. The GGP post just added some links to stories about historical building fires, which we all already knew existed and added nothing of substance to his argument, but it still managed to convince you that it boosted the credibility of all the other unrelated stuff he said. |
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Not when your argument depends on that 90% number being correct. Some people might read that and say "wow really, 90%?" and that might actually persuade them. When you make a quantitative statement that has no backing its not up to you whether it stands on its own or not - if your numbers are not correct then it does not. You could say "some" instead of 90%, but you can't even say "most" without some kind of proof to back it up but you don't even do that, you just pick a really high number that would be very persuasive to anyone who doesn't question whether or not that number is true. Its lazy at best and intentionally misleading at worst.