Re: Little design mistakes that can be easily avoided (2): Listenning to CELKO (and CELKO alikes)

Eric <eric_at_deptj.demon.co.uk> wrote:

>On 27 May 2007 08:42:16 -0700, -CELKO- <jcelko212_at_earthlink.net>
>wrote:
>
>>>> That Celko is an idiot is a factual matter and not opinion at all. <<
>>
>>As long as you are being soooo factual and would never ever ever
>>engage in slander, let's get a definition, an instrument, and a
>>measurement for this fact, so we can verify it in the real world
>>(Reber, A.S. (1995). The Penguin Dictionary of Psychology, 2nd ed.
>>Toronto: Penguin Books.)
>>
>>IQ Range Classification
>>==============================
>>70-80 Borderline deficiency
>>50-69 Moron
>>20-49 Imbecile
>> < 20 Idiot
>>
>>Now I look in my wallet and find a current Mensa Membership card!
>>Validation from an external, trusted source! Known and accepted
>>instruments and measurements.
>>
>>In fact, if you had bothered to research me, you would have found that
>>I have been the Atlanta Chapter President in 1974 and that I test no
>>lower than the top 1% of the population on three different
>>instruments.
>>
>>Now, would you mind presenting your trusted external source for your
>>statement? The instrument? The measurement? :)
>>
>
>A perfect example, I think, of argument by misdirection - attack a
>word usage that everyone understands (whether they agree or not) by
>referring to the technicalities of a specialised usage. Then use it as
>a springboard for a bit of irrelevant boasting.

No.

I have not found any authoritative source for the term "argument by misdirection", but this seems to be the (a ?) definition:

  "argument by misdirection: In place of a difficult problem that was    supposed to be solved, one solves an easier problem that is    superficially similar to the original problem."

Please correct me if I am wrong, and please cite your sources.

Celko challenges Badours permanent and indiscriminate use of the word "idiot". IIRC there was a thread in this group a while back that tried to find new swear-words (?) for Badour, but there were no results.

I was very much tempted to answer the following to Badours post:

  "Well, this is the perfect example to show to Cimode that there    exists more than one reality."

Greetings
Matthias Kläy

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