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German researchers have turned a fiber optic cable into a computational device that runs some AI models, using only light, better than silicon chips. (www.techradar.com)

submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] -4 points 11 months ago (2 children)

While it's fair to point out I have no reasons myself, you got the fallacy wrong. You didn't just give greater weight to their position. You hinged your entire position on theirs. You're defending something you don't even understand yourself.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

Just because an argument uses a fallacy doesn't make its conclusion incorrect. Otherwise known as the fallacy fallacy.

The person they are referring to most certainly has better knowledge on the subject than you.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

It's still fair to critics someone's fallacious argument, though, even if their conclusion happens to be correct. If I say "The sky is blue because it's actually a big sapphire, my neighbour Bob told me so" it's clearly a bad argument, even if the conclusion - that the sky is blue - is correct.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

Indeed. But here their argument isn't incorrect.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

You hinged your entire position on theirs.

I did what? That was my first post in this entire thread.