This is not an important criticism; it is ad hominem in its purest form.
Prediction: Given the right incentive and five minutes to think Eliezer would be able to give an example of a criticism that is a more pure form of fallacious ad hominem. I am only slightly less confident that a randomly selected 15 year old student, allowing the ‘5 minutes’ to include an explanation of what ad hominem means if necessary.
Prediction: Given the right incentive and five minutes to think Eliezer would be able to give an example of a criticism that is a more pure form of fallacious ad hominem. I am only slightly less confident that a randomly selected 15 year old student, allowing the ‘5 minutes’ to include an explanation of what ad hominem means if necessary.