Friday, August 7, 2009
- responding separately to points is counter-intuitive
While the usual method of response in digital media is by aggregate arguments, I disagree that it is the naturally intuitive method of conversation. In verbal conversation, it is quite natural to say, for example, wait a second.. you said point A, now I find that absurd and disconcerting. With multiple participants present, verbal conversations tend to split up into various modes of discourse.. person A may disagree with statement B as stated by person B, but agree with statement C by person D etc. In addition, several parallel conversations may be occuring at the same time. This type of discussion is difficult in traditional digital media, but is in fact promoted on Argumentum. You can engage in natural conversation through the comment system with person D, while disputing statement B using a follow-up argument.
