MetaFilter posts tagged with arguments

But your Honor...

Falconetti — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 20:09:35 -0800

Idiot Legal Arguments: A Casebook for Dealing with Extremist Legal Arguments: A minimal compendium of legal citations to frivolous arguments.

.99999...=1

escabeche — Sun, 30 Sep 2007 06:55:52 -0800

No, I'm sorry, it does. There are some arguments that never end. John or Paul? "Another thing coming" or "Another think coming?" But none has the staying power of "Is 0.999999...., with the 9s repeating forever, equal to 1?" A high school math teacher takes on all doubters. Round 2. Round 3. Refutations of some popular "They're not equal" arguments. Refutations, round 2. You don't have to a mathematician to get in on the fun: .99999=1 discussed on a conspiracy theory website, an Ayn Rand website (where it is accused to violating the "law of identity"), and a World of Warcraft forum. But never, as far as I can tell, on MetaFilter.

holloway — Tue, 30 Apr 2002 22:18:23 -0800

Things My Girlfriend and I Have Argued About

rushmc — Fri, 12 Jan 2001 07:15:36 -0800

The Quadratic Law of Resentment If you combine N people, there are N(N-1)/2 possible ways in which arguments can break out. [via A&LD] This seems rather salient to a site like Metafilter...

baylink — Tue, 25 Apr 2000 09:26:43 -0800

I just posted a pretty weak link on unsound and fallacious arguments. Here's a better one. If you participate in debate on the net, you probably ought to read this, so you know *how* they're snowing you.