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Re: Holy Shit
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Originally Posted by Hank Chinaski
Early reports were he was driving a silver car, which doesn't fit with a theory Ty's been working on.
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I saw this little defense of (some) trolling and thought of you:
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Not that I have any particular objection to trolling if it is done well. Two of the obvious implications of the Mercier-Sperber research are that (a) the distinction between trolling and reasoned argument is at best murky, and (b) there is considerable heuristic value to really well executed and appropriately targeted trolling (which, it is to work properly, requires an ability to get inside the head of the trolling’s target and to understand how he or she reasons). As I have noted on this blog, Socrates was an obvious troll. Max Weber’s advice to professors in Wissenschaft als Beruf can plausibly be interpreted as ‘don’t try to convince your students of your inward beliefs; just troll the hell out of their own to unsettle them in useful ways.’
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So carry on, but maybe set your sights a little higher. If you were waiting at a bus stop, would you get on just any bus that came along?
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