Well, keeping people talking *can* be the problem. And we don't really want to shut them up when they go off the rails. Boring story: At a recent beer festival, a friend of mine was ranting about their neighbor and how _crazy_ she is, for any of a number of meanings of the word "crazy". My friend has reached out to our government funded, volunteer-driven program: https://resolutionsnorthwest.org/community/neighborhood-mediation-2/.
During our conversation, however, me and my friend disagreed (fundamentally) on the differences between judges, arbitrators, mediators, and facilitators. During the exchange, my friend committed https://yourlogicalfallacyis.com/appeal-to-authority. I tried to stop them by calling out the fallacy. That didn't work. They accused me of condescension. [sigh] So, I asserted that I would counter-argue by *also* appealing to authority. And it worked! My friend acquiesced. As usual, the meta-ness of the discussion (appealing to authority while arguing about methods of arguing) was lost on everyone. On 10/03/2017 10:54 AM, Marcus Daniels wrote: > Ha. I can imagine putting candidates in booths. The computer could parse > the outputs and decide whether to repeat them to the audience. Bzzt. > Rhetoric. Bzzt. False statements. Bzzt. Ad hominem. Bing. Extended > neutral elaboration [by the computer]. Keeping people talking, that’s all > fine and good. But how to shut them up with they go off the rails? > > > > *From:* Friam [mailto:friam-boun...@redfish.com] *On Behalf Of *Nick Thompson > *Sent:* Tuesday, October 3, 2017 11:42 AM > *To:* 'The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group' <friam@redfish.com> > *Cc:* 'Jon Zingale' <jonzing...@gmail.com> > *Subject:* Re: [FRIAM] AI and argument > > > The article relates to a project I dreamed of ... helping people who disagree > have a fair argument. In my notion, a team of philosophy students, > masquerading as a program, directed discussants toward fair argument with a > view, perhaps, ultimately, in my dreams, teaching a program to step in for > the students. -- ☣ gⅼеɳ ============================================================ FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ by Dr. Strangelove
