If we define nitpicking as openly saying “the supposed facts you built your argument on are actually false”, then I agree that a general norm against nitpicking would quickly lead to insanity. But there are also other possible definitions.
Somehow I didn’t find the “norm against nitpicking” you reacted to, so I am not sure how much much this applies to the original argument.
If we define nitpicking as openly saying “the supposed facts you built your argument on are actually false”, then I agree that a general norm against nitpicking would quickly lead to insanity. But there are also other possible definitions.
Somehow I didn’t find the “norm against nitpicking” you reacted to, so I am not sure how much much this applies to the original argument.
I am not saying such a norm exists, I am saying adopting such a norm seems to have bad consequences.