On Mon, Feb 22, 2016 at 06:04:11PM +0000, Rainer Weikusat wrote:
> Steve Litt <slitt@???> writes:
>
> [...]
>
> > Over a year ago, on my systemd debating page, I wrote a section on
> > debating Poettering himself, and that section refers heavily to the
> > video you mention:
> >
> > http://troubleshooters.com/linux/systemd/debating.htm#debating_poettering
>
> Hmm ... the way to debate people who simply cook up whatever bullshit
> suits them is "You don't" as that's a hopeless quest: Refuting bullshit
> usually takes some amount of research and will end up in a complicated
> statement someone who isn't an expert in the subject matter likely won't
> understand (and if that someone was such an expert, he wouldn't have
> fallen for the BS in the first place). Bullshit can also be taylored to
> the preferences of an audience while statements of fact can't, hence,
> the audience will usually like the BS (and the guy who utilizes it)
> better. Lastly, this is an eternal uphill battle because someone who
> isn't overly concerned with technical accuracy and logic can cook up
> more bullshit much faster than it could be refuted.

Mark Twain said it thus:

“A lie can travel half way around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes.”

-- hendrik