Reply #46: Math teachers are closed-minded!

[kiahzero]

They won't accept my viewpoint that 2+2=5!

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You've created a straw-man argument, and seem so proud of yourself that you can knock it over.

Logic is not, in any way, subjective, just like math is not, in any way, subjective. What is subjective are the axioms used to create the logical argument... challenging those can indeed be subjective, depending on the topic. However, when someone points out a flaw in the logical argument, that's in no way subjective... a logical fallacy is a logical fallacy.

For instance, I stated previously that you created a straw-man argument. That is because you created a distorted position (that being "open-minded" implies "that you are really, really gullible, and sure, there are people like that, but that's not a good thing. That's very, very negative," when in fact, the definition is not even close to that). You then proceed to argue that this means that people should not be open-minded.

For the record, here's the definition of a straw man fallacy:
1 Person A has position X.
2 Person B presents position Y (which is a distorted version of X).
3 Person B attacks position Y.
4 Therefore X is false/incorrect/flawed.

Position X would be the actual definition of "open-minded", and position Y would be your distorted version thereof.