Comment by yonemoto on The noncentral fallacy - the worst argument in the world? · 2012-08-28T04:51:57.930Z · LW · GW

Is not the "Worst Argument in the World" itself a form of categorization (by form of argument), and how can you be sure any given instance of it is not itself an atypical case, that ought not to be compared against the obviously bad =murder or =hitler cases?

Comment by yonemoto on The noncentral fallacy - the worst argument in the world? · 2012-08-28T04:11:17.179Z · LW · GW

Hey, let's take a class of arguments and call them unilaterally bad because of a few bad archetypes!