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| title | date | techne | episteme |
|---|---|---|---|
| Levels of Heresy | 2012-06-08 | :wip | :speculation |
You may be familiar with PG's [disagreement hierarchy][LW disagreement], ranging from DH0 (name-calling) to DH7 (improve the argument, then refute it). It's used to illustrate how substantial a disagreement really is - are you attacking just superficial aspects or the central point?
That's fine for a bunch of rationalists, but what about debates that matter? How do you denounce filthy heretics and blasphemers of all that is holy?
Why, you use the Heresy Hierarchy!
HH0: Out-Group
Not even worth engaging. Your enemy clear belongs to no in-group of yours, won't be confused with you, has, in fact, nothing at all in common with you.
Send the missionaries at once.
Example: Catholics and Pagans.
HH1: Succession Dispute
Example: Shiites and Sunnites.
HH2: Canonical Disputes
Example:
HH3: Theological Differences
HH4: Semantic Differences
Example: Homoousians and Homoiousians. (Yes, that's one letter of difference.)
This is the level where even a Grammar Nazis thinks that you're a bit nit-picky.