Argument Pyramid: Deploy in Case of Ad Hominem Attacks

Post author:Erich Vieth
Post published:May 6, 2023
Post category:Argument Fallacies / cognitive biases / Communication
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This pyramid is an elegant response to shitstorms of ad hominem attacks.
Pyramid of argument

If your response is “this pyramid sucks,” it’s especially for you.

Credit for this meme goes to Paul Graham, a computer scientist, essayist, entrepreneur, venture capitalist, and author.

Erich Vieth

Erich Vieth is an attorney focusing on civil rights (including First Amendment), consumer law litigation and appellate practice. At this website often writes about censorship, corporate news media corruption and cognitive science. He is also a working musician, artist and a writer, having founded Dangerous Intersection in 2006. Erich lives in St. Louis, Missouri with his two daughters.

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broono May 6, 2023 Reply

This is Paul Graham’s invention from his 2008 essay “How to Disagree”: http://www.paulgraham.com/disagree.html
It’s very much known in debate forums.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Graham_(programmer)
1. Erich Vieth May 6, 2023
  
  Thank you!

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