(10-20-2012, 01:18 PM)rie Wrote: What is a strawman?http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strawman
(10-20-2012, 01:22 PM)Spaced Wrote: A strawman is when you build up your own version of someone else's opinion and attack that instead of whatever the other person was actually arguing.Yes, or to contrive hypothetical scenarios which may be conveniently addressed outside of reality. Sort of like the same consciousness (or unconsciousness) which tends to create laws, or "codification of response", which does not recognize the uniqueness of each and every situation within our experience.