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Re:LSD: The Geek's Wonder Drug? (2006) by anonbanker on Saturday January 24, 2015 @02:27PM (#8940648)
Lemme know what part of my grandparent mentioned your straw man.
Re:LSD: The Geek's Wonder Drug? (2006) by lappa on Sunday January 25, 2015 @10:36PM (#8945433)
Lemme know what part of my statement was a strawman.
Re:LSD: The Geek's Wonder Drug? (2006) by anonbanker on Monday January 26, 2015 @02:42PM (#8949083)
The part about doing any drug without skepticism. I'll wait.
Re:LSD: The Geek's Wonder Drug? (2006) by lappa on Monday January 26, 2015 @03:30PM (#8949379)
What about that is straw man? I don't think you have a full understanding of the fallacy. The wikipedia definition is

"A straw man is a common type of argument and is an informal fallacy based on the misrepresentation of an opponent's argument."

I haven't misrepresented your argument in any way since I haven't represented your argument in any way. I never claimed you claimed anything. It isn't fallacious to ask someone to clarify an argument.

You didn't explicitly state your argument (or anything of substance), so I asked what you were actually trying to claim.

Re:LSD: The Geek's Wonder Drug? (2006) by anonbanker on Monday January 26, 2015 @11:02PM (#8951168)
You van insult my post all you want, but you're blind if you honestly think your reply wasn't a misrepresentation of my original statement, unless you can prove that I said exactly what you said I did in the post before I pointed out the straw man.

But you can't, so you won't.

Re:LSD: The Geek's Wonder Drug? (2006) by lappa on Tuesday January 27, 2015 @12:30AM (#8951399)
There is no strawman because I was asking a question about your position, not asserting that you held a certain position.

Please, if your position isn't what I asked, state what it is.

Re:LSD: The Geek's Wonder Drug? (2006) by anonbanker on Tuesday January 27, 2015 @02:00AM (#8951750)
really? your entire defense is coming down to "it's not a strawman if it's asked in a question"?

definitely adding you to the list of astroturfers on HN with that reply.

Re:LSD: The Geek's Wonder Drug? (2006) by lappa on Tuesday January 27, 2015 @12:16PM (#8954293)
Questions aren't assertions, and one of the requirements for straw man is asserting you hold a position.

I'm done with this discussion at this point. I don't think you really have a concrete claim regarding the topic and you are avoiding creating one by derailing the conversation by arguing my question is fallacious.