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Edwin de Wit commented on criticism #2062.
#2062·Dennis HackethalOP, 8 days agoJust a clarification because you seem to be fudging refutation and criticism:
A refutation is an explanation for why something cannot be true, ie must be false. For example, some guy claims his grandfather fought in WW2. But you checked his birth certificate and he was born in 1950. So he couldn’t have fought in WW2.
A criticism just points out some shortcoming. It could be any shortcoming, even something as small as a typo.
Any refutation is also a criticism, but not every criticism is a refutation.
Thanks for clarifying! I changed the text to phrase it as counter-criticize because that's indeed more accurate here.