S'awesome On Fri, Mar 16, 2012 at 4:46 PM, Larry C. Lyons <larrycly...@gmail.com>wrote:
> > Presented with no comment: > > > 1. Make up your own facts. This is such a good strategy. In advertising > it's called, "Data Free Research." Many people will believe whatever you > tell them. Works for politics, why not discussions about photography? > > 2. Trot out algebra 2 and wiggle the numbers around ad infinitum. To the > people who didn't make it through algebra 1 everything with an equation > attached is scientific fact. Even the taste of a raspberry sno cone can be > described and proven with a long enough stream of numbers and symbols. > > 3. Be the last one standing. Every time someone raises a question or > disputes your data free research shout them down and keep repeating your > "facts" until everyone gets tired of the whole circus and moves on to > "which camera should I buy?" > > 4. Infer, imply or just go ahead and say it out loud: everyone who > disagrees with you is a liar, a cheat or someone with a hidden agenda. I > have a friend who describes all the other drivers on the road like this: > "Everyone going faster than me is an asshole. Everyone going slower than > me is a moron." It's the operative working methodology of forum rats as > well. > > 5. Try to pick apart all the small parts of other people's arguments > instead of concentrating on the big picture. This might consist of arguing > about how fast a ship is really sinking instead of acknowledging that the > ship is sinking. Or, that "it wasn't the bullet that killed him, it was > the vascular damage and the subsequent loss of blood." about why you are > reinventing dirt, or why you insist on counting angels on the head of a > pin, get very defensive and let them know that you are sharing your > argument for the good of generations of future children as well as the > miserable and intellectually downtrodden every where. > > 6. If challenged about why you are reinventing dirt, or why you insist on > counting angels on the head of a pin, get very defensive and let them know > that you are sharing your argument for the good of generations of future > children as well as the miserable and intellectually downtrodden every > where. > > 7. Graphs. Lots and lots of graphs. (See: data free research above). > > 8. If someone actually takes up the challenge and tests your idea, > hypothesis, pipe dream, fantasy, terrible delusion, and finds it wanting in > every way then immediately go on the defensive, protesting your brutal > treatment at the hands of a reckless bully bent on derailing the train of > intellectual progress. > > 9. Drink lots and lots of Red Bull so no one can outlast you in a thousand > post grudge match. See point #3. > > 10. The best way to win an argument on the web is to shut down your > computer, go for a walk, take a nice photograph and be secure in the > knowledge that arguing on the web is addictive behavior and you just got > yours under control. For now. > > -- > Larry C. Lyons > web: http://www.lyonsmorris.com/lyons > LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/larryclyons > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:348684 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
