Hierarchy of argumentation: Calling someone an ass-hat is not an argument (acceleratingfuture.com)

Brilliant. Now if only I could find out who tagged it as "Humor" on Delicious, because this is one of the most important & serious diagrams I've seen online in a long time....

PG agrees: http://www.paulgraham.com/disagree.html

Originally posted here:

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=158060

Which points to the original blog post here:

http://blog.createdebate.com/2008/04/07/writing-strong-argum...

Thank you, Paul Graham, for elaborating God's own -- er, your own -- Hierarchy Of Argumentation. Without it I would otherwise have passed this life unaware of the fact that "you are an ass hat" is a poorer argument than explicitly refuting one's opponent's central point. I can't show my appreciation enough for this.

I genuflect at your feet, sir.