Re: Name that fallacy...
Posted: Sun Dec 10, 2023 6:59 am
WHY would ANY one DOUBT 'this'?seeds wrote: ↑Sat Dec 09, 2023 11:22 pmWell, as it pertains to you rightfully chastising Age for calling you an "it", if you want to see where ken (aka, Age) and I got into a debate over his practice of calling a living thing an "it", then start with this two-part post...Iwannaplato wrote: ↑Sat Dec 09, 2023 9:26 amSo I found ken's posts. Are there any particular interactions you had with him there that are especially telling,...
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Then check out this post (in the same thread) where the "it" debate continues...
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And finally, if you want to see where ken uses the telling (Age-esque) catchphrases: "...the days when this is written..." and "...clarifying questions..." along with the added bonus of him actually making an effort to offer an in-depth explanation of his theory regarding the ontology of the universe (which basically is nothing more than a strange version of "pantheism"), then check out this post...
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Yes, and that's because ken's (now Age's) pathological obsession of needing to CAPITALIZE most of HIS words hadn't fully KICKED-IN at that time.
Ironically, one of his (or "its") stated goals is to learn how to better communicate with "us humans."
Yet, when pretty much everyone tries to point out to him that his excessive use of CAPITAL LETTERS causes most of "us humans" to ignore his unreadable posts, he simply ignores the complaints, which renders his declared hope of becoming a better communicator meaningless.
Indeed, he cannot seem to get it into his thick skull that his excessive use of CAPITAL LETTERS has an effect on a reader (or at least on me, anyway) that is comparable to that of walking down what should be a smooth path, but instead is covered with rocks and boulders that one must climb over to reach a destination - a destination that, upon closer examination, is a waste of time to pursue.
Now I'm not meaning to be mean-spirited toward a confused and naïve person who is simply expressing his personal views in a very annoying manner, for I too have been known to annoy others with my views, and the over-use of my illustrations.
Nevertheless, I cannot shake the feeling that we are all breaking the cardinal rule of not feeding - if not a troll - then some "thing" that possesses the ability to suck the oxygen out of every thread and conversation it gets involved with as it mercilessly smothers the participants beneath an avalanche of unreadable posts.
Anyway, if you have any doubts about whether or not ken is Age, then check out those links I provided.
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Especially considering what I have ACTUALLY SAID and WRITTEN.