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by dataker 3992 days ago
Still an Ad Hominem attack

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a3/Graham%2...

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In all seriousness, how are you supposed to "refute the central point" when the central point appears to be an anti-semitic conspiracy theory? How do you construct a reasoned, evidence backed counter-argument to an absurd, evidence-free belief? How do you prove a negative? (How do you reason a man out of a position he didn't reason himself into?)
How do you construct a reasoned, evidence backed counter-argument to an absurd, evidence-free belief?

One answer is that you fight stupid with stupid. See for example, Ali G winning an argument with a creationist by asking him, "OK, has you ever eaten a banana?"

But, on HN, ignore and downvote. Stupid isn't welcome.

You ignore and/or downvote