That’s the other half of the pattern—which you obligingly go on to complete: Laughter is evidence that you’re right, an extreme negative reaction is weaker evidence that you’re onto something.
That’s the other half of the pattern—which you obligingly go on to complete:
Laughter is evidence that you’re right, an extreme negative reaction is weaker evidence that you’re onto something.
Did you read the sentence I wrote after that one?
Indifference, or a non-extreme negative reaction is thus evidence that you’re wrong.
Yes. The whole argument’s a crock.
Did you read the sentence I wrote after that one?
Yes. The whole argument’s a crock.