A Legal Matter
By Mitch Berg
It’s been a long, long time – but I’ve codified a new Berg’s Law.
It’s Berg’s Sixteenth:
Berg’s Sixteenth Law of Cognitive Dissipation: The percentage of “progressives” outside of academia who can make it to the second round of a debate without running out of “facts” and having to switch to deflection, ad hominem and straw man arguments is within the statistical margin of error.
And I’m working on a corollary to deal with the academics, who aren’t actually much better – just a little more polished.
And of course…:
The McFeely/McNeill Corollary to Berg’s Sixteenth Law: Especially in Minnesota.
It’s the law. I don’t write ’em, I enforce ’em.
OK. I write ’em too.
February 20th, 2015 at 10:25 am
The Jon Stewart effect. Control the venue, control the editing, and you win all your debates. Awesome!
February 20th, 2015 at 10:30 am
It’s more accurate to say, like a good scientist, you observe and write down your repeatable results.
February 20th, 2015 at 10:44 am
And if they are losing the debate….a few options:
-Conspiracy theory: “Who is funding you? Who do you work for?”
-Downplay the fact: “That’s old news. That’s old news.”
-Lie: “Bill Clinton never rapped Junita Broddrick. That was found to be uncredible.”