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Even if some critics of AA are committing that fallacy, debunking a weaker argument when a stronger argument exists is ineffective. The implicit argument is th
by skibidithink 9mo ago
Even if some critics of AA are committing that fallacy, debunking a weaker argument when a stronger argument exists is ineffective.
The implicit argument is that AA's largest challenge is a coordination problem. It's not. It's a clash in values and a fight over zero-sum rewards.
- anon84873628 9mo agoThe argument is that critics of AA are committing the Fallacy of Composition. Specifically when saying that since giving out scholarships doesn't result in equal educational outcomes, then we should stop giving out scholarships. I am with the author on this one. Creating better educational outcomes (for all students) is a coordination problem.
- skibidithink 9mo agoCritics are typically saying that giving out scholarships limited by race is racially discriminatory.
- jibal 9mo agoThis doesn't address the question and adds to it a misrepresentation of the facts.
- skibidithink 9mo agoWhich facts are misrepresented? The point is that the author picks some arbitrary critique and calls them fallacious, when the core of the disagreement is elsewhere.