Comments on: Climate Change and Argumentative Fallacies

By: A Skeptical Chat With…Dan Moutal of ‘Irregular Climate’ | Michigan Skeptics Association

Sun, 24 Oct 2010 14:36:58 +0000

[...] detailed explanation in order to demonstrate why they are wrong. Julian Sanchez calls this a “one way hash argument” because these arguments are easy to make, but difficult to [...]

By: 100 Ways to Kill a Concept « Unapologetically Unstructured

100 Ways to Kill a Concept « Unapologetically Unstructured — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 20:47:03 +0000

[...] a post on “One Way Hash” Arguments, a term coined by Julian Sanchez in his excellent post on Climate Change and Argumentative Fallacies . The context of Sanchez’s post is a discussion about the difficulties of refuting false [...]

By: Marion Delgado

Marion Delgado — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 06:56:12 +0000

Where are you finding mature and honest libertarians? Who actually want to do anything but exploit and harm other people?

I think it’s a relatively pure scam, equivalent to the divine right of kings c. the Middle Ages. And, if anything, the libertarians of today are worse than those of yesteryear.

By: Why Bullshit Often Sounds Better Than The Real Thing « Gravity Loss

Why Bullshit Often Sounds Better Than The Real Thing « Gravity Loss — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 21:56:46 +0000

[...] 2010.01.31 by gravityloss From all places, a libertarian, who is arguing for laymen to trust experts. Come to think of it, there’s a certain class of [...]

By: Veritas

Veritas — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 01:18:10 +0000

How low can it go? It is amazing to see the depths of those who only have ad hominem to share:

http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/19458

Andrew Weaver, IPCC Computer Modeler and Political Chameleon
By Dr. Tim Ball Friday, January 29, 2010

… among the most duplicitous and disingenuous members of the IPCC as Lead author and participant in the chapter on computer models.
Blah blah
Dr David Keith who lives in Alberta, but is a rabid devotee of the IPCC and the alarmist views on climate change. His views are easily explained. His research requires considerable.
Blah blah perverted
Blah blah blinded
Blah blah bullyboy
Blah blah, climate scientists that could only – even in the most generous of terms – be described as scandalous, and almost certainly criminal.
Blah blah blah. By Dr. Tim Ball Friday, January 29, 2010

By: Paul M. Jones » Blog Archive » Logical Fallacy vs Bayesian Reasoning

Paul M. Jones » Blog Archive » Logical Fallacy vs Bayesian Reasoning — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 00:49:59 +0000

[...] via Climate Change and Argumentative Fallacies. [...]

By: Media balance « Sköne Oke

Media balance « Sköne Oke — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 13:00:51 +0000

[...] Julian Sanchez makes some valid contributions: We’re accustomed to calling the “argument from authority” a fallacy, but in fact, that’s [...]

By: Fred Trotter » Who owns the data

Fred Trotter » Who owns the data — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 18:46:18 +0000

[...] But asking the question at all is a hash argument. [...]

By: Health Care and the “One Way Hash” | Extreme Conservatives

Health Care and the “One Way Hash” | Extreme Conservatives — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 22:00:26 +0000

[...] Sanchez, now a research fellow at the Cato Institute, has dubbed arguments of this sort "one way hash arguments." The term is a nod to one way hash [...]

By: composer777

composer777 — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 17:40:53 +0000

Which makes me wonder, is the term one-way hash argument a one-way hash argument?

A one way hash is a metaphor for what the author describes in only the most autistic sense, in the sense that one could say that it’s easier for one side to make up something than it is for another side to come up with a truthful rebuttal. But, other than that, I don’t see how a one-way hash explains or add insight this phenomena. Fact is, it doesn’t, it just makes it sound good, kind of like a one-way hash argument makes false statements sound good by dressing them up in technical jargon. I think one could come up with a better metaphor for what is going on here than one-way hash. Then again, maybe “one-way hash” should stick, after all, it’s a bit ironic that the metaphor that is claimed to explain it does not.