The Ad Hominem Fallacy is not a Fallacy

There are a couple of ways to make this argument. The first, and perhaps least courageous, is through an appeal to epistemic learned helplessness. A skilled sophist can construct a convincing argument for any claim, regardless of its truth value — so unless you&rsquo;re willing to do a ton of work checking facts and validating syllogisms, you shouldn&rsquo;t put much weight on how convincing an…