You're quite right that people tend to miss the broader point. Could be my fault, could be that more people - on this site in particular - ought to be familiar

You're quite right that people tend to miss the broader point. Could be my fault, could be that more people - on this site in particular - ought to be familiar with pg's Disagreement Hierarchy: http://paulgraham.com/disagree.html http://paulgraham.com/disagree.html ...or with its even more powerful cousin http://lesswrong.com/lw/85h/better_disagreement/ http://lesswrong.com/lw/85h/better_disagreement/