[Fichori]

"That is known as a strawman."

I guess I missed it, could you elaborate?


For the record, I am fascinated by empirical science and I am personally for scientific debate here on FR, I just get tired of philosophy constantly getting trashed, even though it is an inextricably linked part of empirical science.

[AndrewC]

I guess I missed it, could you elaborate?

Yes, he constructed something from our argument that he could attack. He changed disagreement to hate and from a specific discipline of science to science in general. That is called a strawman. You make something you can beat up.