Work for only 3 hours a day, but everyday

Re:Work for only 3 hours a day, but everyday by quietplatypus on Sunday March 13, 2016 @09:14AM (#11277569)

they are also often bullshit deadlines that users dont care about but gets a few brownie points for management.

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Re:Work for only 3 hours a day, but everyday by wolfgke on Sunday March 13, 2016 @09:49AM (#11277676)

No true Scotsman fallacy: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_true_Scotsman

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Re:Work for only 3 hours a day, but everyday by coldtea on Sunday March 13, 2016 @03:18PM (#11278928)

I don't think "no true Scotchman" means what you think it means...

It's about criticizing something as invalid, BS, problematic etc. -- is not even about saying something X doesn't belong to an idealized category.

It's about shifting the discussion to "X doesn't belong to an idealized category" AFTER you were OK talking generally about it previously.

This means that when one talks morally/ideologically/etc. about what constitutes "a true scotchman" (e.g. not in the plain sense of citizen of Scotchman") it's not a fallacy to ascribe certain attributes to the notion (because "true" here essentially means "ideal", "most representative" etc, instead of merely "actually existing").

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Re:Work for only 3 hours a day, but everyday by bybjorn on Sunday March 13, 2016 @11:06AM (#11277913)

True, they're still deadlines. But, since they are BS, that might be fixed somehow, no?

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Re:Work for only 3 hours a day, but everyday by wolfgke on Sunday March 13, 2016 @11:46AM (#11278051)

What evidence do you have the the negotiating partner doesn't have good reasons for insisting on the deadlines despite they look BS to you?

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