I’m not sure why the lights come on when I flip the switch. I can hand wave and say “electricity” but I suspect there’s more to it.

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geraneum 16 hours ago | parent [-]

For anyone interested, this is misapplied “reductio ad absurdum”. It doesn’t work.

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mitxela 16 hours ago | parent | next [-]

I thought it was an analogy to people handwaving "free software" without truly understanding that people sacrifice their entire lives to make it work and that's still insufficient.

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joquarky 12 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

That doesn't even make sense unless you are intentionally projecting a specific outcome.

	▲	geraneum 9 hours ago \| parent [-]
		> misapplied “reductio ad absurdum”