George Bernard Shaw once said, “If you have an apple and I have an apple and we exchange these apples then you and I will still each have one apple. But if you have an idea as well, and we exchange these ideas, then each of us will have two ideas.”
I actually heard this term used a few days ago on a radio show. Two authors were debating. One accused the other of an ad hominem argument. Later in the debate the meaning became clearer. I’m not sure why, but something made me think of it today.
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