Enjoy the power that clear understanding and dignified calm brings in the face of a complete load of shite.Gish. The Gish Gallop is often used as an indirect argument from authority as it appears to paint the Galloper as an expert in a broad range of subjects (in which case it may take several actual experts in multiple fields to properly debunk the Gallop) or with an extensive knowledge of an individual one. Learn it now.If I were wrong, then one would have been enough' Albert Einstein, commenting on the book 100 Authors Against Einstein WikipediaHere's an excerpt from the RationalWiki entry. Just writing this so others can recognize it and call it out when appropriate. Refuting the Gish Gallop or Trump Tirade is a basic skill to bring any Troll to a dead stop.
To the spectator unfamiliar with this strategy, the interlocutor’s inability to accurately respond to all the claims in the given time is fallaciously. If I'm to be honest, this technique is the reason why I refuse to discuss the show on the internet, because I just know that I will inevitably get Gish Gallop'd if I defend it, and I do not have the energy to deal with it. A Gish gallop is a rhetorical technique that involves overwhelming the opponent with as many arguments as possible, with no regard for the accuracy, validity, or relevance of those arguments. For example, the average debate with a r/freefolk user will involve them regurgitating a long list of "flaws" or other "writing failures" that have been spammed on the internet ad nauseum for three years in order to intimidate their opponent into not continuing the discussion, or making their opponent look foolish if they cannot dispute a point. The Gish gallop is a debate tactic that uses a rapid-fire approach to flood the opponent with so many lies or flawed arguments that it becomes impossible to. To summarize, this trick involves spewing out as many points, no matter how half-baked, at your opponent at once in order to overwhelm them, with the expectation that they either aren't prepared to rebut them all, or do not have the energy to. A new series where I try and break down common argument tactics (or commonly claimed. A 'Gish gallop' (coined by Eugenie Scott on Duane Gish's use of it), is a technique used during debate where one side tries to overwhelm the opponent with as many arguments as possible (true or not), in order to beat them into capitulation, or convince the audience that they had more facts on their side. After seeing a lot of the post-finale "discourse" around Game of Thrones, I have noticed that a lot of the show haters on Reddit or other social media sites are fond of using a particular tactic to shut down the opposing side: the Gish Gallop. Argument Analysis 1: The Gish Gallop Welcome to Argument Analysis.
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