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Alf P. Steinbach /Usenet
http://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Fractal_wrongness
"
Fractal wrongness is the state of being wrong at every conceivable scale of
resolution. That is, from a distance, a fractally wrong person's worldview is
incorrect; and furthermore, if you zoom in on any small part of that person's
worldview, that part is just as wrong as the whole worldview.
Debating with a person who is fractally wrong leads to infinite regress, as
every refutation you make of that person's opinions will lead to a rejoinder,
full of half-truths, leaps of poor logic, and outright lies, that requires just
as much refutation to debunk as the first one. It is as impossible to convince a
fractally wrong person of anything as it is to walk around the edge of the
Mandelbrot set in finite time.
If you ever get embroiled in a discussion with a fractally wrong person on the
Internet - in mailing lists, newsgroups, or website forums - your best bet is to
say your piece once and ignore any replies, thus saving yourself time.
"
Cheers & hth.,
- Alf
PS: The URL I gave is not the original. Google listed sort of everything but the
source.
"
Fractal wrongness is the state of being wrong at every conceivable scale of
resolution. That is, from a distance, a fractally wrong person's worldview is
incorrect; and furthermore, if you zoom in on any small part of that person's
worldview, that part is just as wrong as the whole worldview.
Debating with a person who is fractally wrong leads to infinite regress, as
every refutation you make of that person's opinions will lead to a rejoinder,
full of half-truths, leaps of poor logic, and outright lies, that requires just
as much refutation to debunk as the first one. It is as impossible to convince a
fractally wrong person of anything as it is to walk around the edge of the
Mandelbrot set in finite time.
If you ever get embroiled in a discussion with a fractally wrong person on the
Internet - in mailing lists, newsgroups, or website forums - your best bet is to
say your piece once and ignore any replies, thus saving yourself time.
"
Cheers & hth.,
- Alf
PS: The URL I gave is not the original. Google listed sort of everything but the
source.