Tips & Tricks

Winning Discussions: Argument from Repetition – ad nauseam (Effective Pirating) April 2, 2015 · by Andrew Reitemeyer · in Learning (tips&tricks) Logical fallacies are techniques that people use to make an argument appear convincing even when it is wrong. Learning how to identify and refute logical fallacies is one of the best ways to win in a discussion. Catching an opponent committing a fallacy will force him to retract his error or he will appear foolish or manipulative to his audience. There is a dark side to this. Once you learn to identify logical fallacies you will also be able to use them. Do not deliberately use them against fellow …

Winning Discussions: No True Scotsman (Effective Pirating) February 2, 2015 · by Andrew Reitemeyer · in Learning (tips&tricks) Logical fallacies are techniques that people use to make an argument appear convincing even when it is wrong. Learning how to identify and refute logical fallacies is one of the best ways to win in a discussion. Catching an opponent committing a fallacy will force him to retract his error or he will appear foolish or manipulative to his audience. There is a dark side to this. Once you learn to identify logical fallacies you will also be able to use them. Do not deliberately use them against fellow Pirates; it is …

Winning Discussions: The Fallacy Fallacy (Effective Pirating) January 9, 2015 · by Andrew Reitemeyer · in Learning (tips&tricks) Logical fallacies are techniques that people use to make an argument appear convincing even when it is wrong. Learning how to identify and refute logical fallacies is one of the best ways to win in a discussion. Catching an opponent… News about the pirate movement International Pirate News: #ppintSign up: bi-weekly newsletter contact@piratetimes.net All Content (not specified) is CC-BY PirateTimes. Please link back to us. Recent Comments Loading…

Winning Discussions: The Fallacy Fallacy (Effective Pirating) January 9, 2015 · by Andrew Reitemeyer · in Learning (tips&tricks) Logical fallacies are techniques that people use to make an argument appear convincing even when it is wrong. Learning how to identify and refute logical fallacies is one of the best ways to win in a discussion. Catching an opponent… News about the pirate movement International Pirate News: #ppintSign up: bi-weekly newsletter contact@piratetimes.net All Content (not specified) is CC-BY PirateTimes. Please link back to us. Recent Comments Loading…

Winning Discussions: Ad Hominem (Effective Pirating) October 23, 2014 · by Andrew Reitemeyer · in Learning (tips&tricks) Logical fallacies are techniques that people use to make an argument appear convincing even when it is wrong. Learning how to identify and refute logical fallacies is one of the best ways to win in a discussion. Catching an opponent committing a fallacy will force him to retract his error or he will appear foolish or manipulative to his audience. There is a dark side to this. Once you learn to identify logical fallacies you will also be able to use them. Do not deliberately use them against fellow Pirates; it is extreme …

Effective Pirating: Winning Discussions – The Straw Man July 19, 2014 · by Andrew Reitemeyer · in Learning (tips&tricks) Logical fallacies are techniques that people use to make an argument appear convincing even when it is wrong. Learning how to identify and refute logical fallacies is one of the best ways to win in a discussion. Catching an opponent committing a fallacy will force him to retract his error or he will appear foolish or manipulative to his audience. There is a dark side to this. Once you learn to identify logical fallacies you will also be able to use it. Do not deliberately use them against fellow Pirates; it …

Effective Pirating: Choose your Opponents Carefully July 7, 2014 · by Andrew Reitemeyer · in Learning (tips&tricks) With this article the Pirate Times will start a series that will help you to be effective in getting your point of view across to other Pirates. The first point is who not to enter into debate with. There are two types of people to be avoided. Fifth Columnists We are a serious threat to many entities that are making enormous profits and garnering unwarranted political power over governments and the net. There are state and private intelligence agencies that would like to see us destroyed or debilitated. They do not have a …