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[deleted] OP t1_j4g5tpb wrote

> But I am sure you understand heroin is not the only form of technology, and not the way most people use it, and not what my focus is on. Are you here to have an honest discussion, or to be a bad faith contrarian?

The former.

My most common method of calling someone's idea into question is to simply create an idea that creates a contradiction with their own idea or logical form. This is actually an extremely effective reasoning method.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reductio_ad_absurdum

It's one of my favorites, but it is a pain in the ass to people I am discussing with, so sorry in advance!

I would point out that the contradiction doesn't make the idea instantly wholly wrong, but it usually just illustrates a sort of incompleteness and need for refinement. :)

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