- 1: I thought A and B would confrontation in the past.
- 2: A or B is not a point, but a set of concrete examples
- 3: As time goes by, new examples emerge.
- 4:
- People associate new cases with close cases.
- The boundaries of A and B are not clear.
- This process spreads unconsciously.
- 5: A new C appears.
- C is A or B?
- This is fruitless (resultless) debate.
- Conflict was slowly lost as the boundaries widened.
- The idea that the dichotomy of the past continues is itself an assumption that is not grounded in reality.
- C is A or B?
concrete example
- Pass-by-value and pass-by-reference: pass by reference.
- Compile and Interpreter Methods
- Flow vs. stock type: stock is a false dichotomy.
- Job-based and membership-based: Membership-based or job-based employment is a false dichotomy.
- Work and Life: work as life.
relevance - False dichotomy - Trade-off between two attributes - A story about how destroying the assumption that two attributes are a trade-off can lead to new ideas.
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