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Re:I was denied admission to a PhD program because of my per... by oldmanjay on Wednesday December 16, 2015 @06:07PM (#10748092)
Hyperbole serves no master. Employ it to bolster a point, and we might use our fancy coastal intelligences to reason that the point is probably weak.
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Re:I was denied admission to a PhD program because of my per... by engi_nerd on Wednesday December 16, 2015 @06:11PM (#10748107)
Or, you might laugh? It is funny.

Taking this single little point and then using it to systematically reject the whole argument is an example of what the parent was ranting about.

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Re:I was denied admission to a PhD program because of my per... by oldmanjay on Wednesday December 16, 2015 @06:20PM (#10748155)
Who rejected anything? This is more hyperbole. I stress, that does not strengthen an argument. It is an extra-factual means of convincing people via emotional channels that an argument is stronger than it is.
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Re:I was denied admission to a PhD program because of my per... by engi_nerd on Wednesday December 16, 2015 @06:23PM (#10748181)
>and we might use our fancy coastal intelligences to reason that the point is probably weak.

You have rejected his argument right there.

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