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astrange 5 days ago

> Point out every unstated assumption

What, all of them? That's a difficult problem.

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

> every logical fallacy

They killed Socrates for that, you know.

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IncreasePosts 5 days ago | parent [-]

I wonder if they would have killed Socrates if he proposed a "suitable" punishment for his crimes, as was tradition. He proposed either being given free food and housing as punishment, or fined a trifle of silver.

	▲	potato3732842 5 days ago \| parent [-]
		>He proposed either being given free food and housing as punishment, or fined a trifle of silver. Contempt of state process is implicitly a crime just about everywhere no matter where or when in history you look so it's unsurprising they killed him for it. He knew what he was doing when he doubled down, probably.