Re: [escepticos] Economía y ciencia.

[JOSE LUIS FERREIRA]

Esto es también muy interesante:

very interesting and informative reading:
http://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Gish_Gallop

* drowning the opponent in such a torrent of half-truths, lies, and
straw-man arguments that the opponent cannot possibly answer every
falsehood that has been raised. even old and worn out arguments are useful
in overwhelming the respondent and bamboozling the audience

* emphasis on style over substance to make the "galloper" appear as an
expert in a broad range of subjects and the opponent as an incompetent
bumbler

* combined with the "point refuted a thousand times" (PRATT)--Once people
have refuted a point the first thousand times, it's hard for them to muster
the motivation to do it again. This could itself be a diversionary tactic.
http://rationalwiki.org/wiki/PRATT

* also takes advantage of the one single proof fallacy--if a respondent
only manages to refute 99 out of 100 points there is still one point that
"proves the galloper correct"
http://rationalwiki.org/wiki/One_single_proof

* while making a statement is quick and easy, convincingly refuting it
takes time regardless of how inaccurate the statement is--creationists skip
around from topic to topic spewing out an unceasing blizzard of baloney and
unsupported assertions about evolutionary theory, leaving the poor
evolutionist to attempt to catch up and correct them all


http://exmormon.org/phorum/read.php?2,324230,324230

-- 
José Luis Ferreira
Departamento de Economía
Universidad Carlos III de Madrid

http://todoloqueseaverdad.blogspot.com/