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as well as that: i'd also like to explain, that most arguments made are absolutely demeaning. arguing that people believe in things due to fallacies and whatnot rather than because they actually believe them is an insult

if you want me to break down my issue with the post further, lmk and I can, but yes: that post was absolutely being a dick, and I do not care about being a dick back in that case

I think online discourse may not be for you. Of course he thinks there are fallacies or irrational thinking in your stance, he disagrees with you! That's okay. While he could certainly be less abrasive, you are certainly driving the conversation down a very negative path. I also see a lack to engage him in good faith i.e. his stance on the suspect test.

And from your response to me, I still don't think you understand how legitimate of a criticism that is. Depending on how I ask he same question I can get 10% approval or 50% approval. You say suspects are not like surveys but they absolutely are. You have to qualify to answer for sure, but they are surveying what they believe to be qualified players on a certain question. This is apples to apples.

One thing I teach my students is how to conduct a real survey and they learn very quickly how even seemingly asinine changes to phrasing have large impacts on results. This is rather uncontroversial and very well documented.

I think you're wrong, and also I think it's funny that you are also another person that, looking back at your post history, was equally as annoying and also got a moderator basically telling you to stop being so abbrassive with your arguments

And for someone "mad that people don't make more pro Tera arguments",