hexaflexagonbear [he/him] to the_dunk_tank • 4 months agoIt's just that simpleimagemessage-square99 fedilinkarrow-up1186
arrow-up1186imageIt's just that simplehexaflexagonbear [he/him] to the_dunk_tank • 4 months agomessage-square99 Commentsfedilink
minus-squareGrouchyGrouse [he/him]hexbear43·4 months ago"Enough with your real world evidence. Let's try a hypothetical I made up whole-cloth" isn't really the intellectual zinger they think it is. link
minus-squareVILenin [he/him]Mhexbear22·4 months agoJorjor Wellington took this to its zenith, proving communism doesn’t work by inventing a story where it doesn’t link
minus-squarezed_proclaimer [he/him]hexbear18·4 months agoHypotheticals, thought experiments and their ilk are the greatest disease plaguing the human mind link
minus-squareCannotSleep420@lemmygrad.mlhexbear7·4 months agoNo, like a coat which, incidentally, requires 20 yards of linen to produce. linkfedilink
"Enough with your real world evidence. Let's try a hypothetical I made up whole-cloth" isn't really the intellectual zinger they think it is.
Jorjor Wellington took this to its zenith, proving communism doesn’t work by inventing a story where it doesn’t
Hypotheticals, thought experiments and their ilk are the greatest disease plaguing the human mind
Whole cloth?
Like yards of linen?
No, like a coat which, incidentally, requires 20 yards of linen to produce.