absurdum

It is a thought experiment and can be used as a reductio ad absurdum to argue that eg.

It takes a special soul to make a reductio ad absurdum and actually completely believe the reduction.

From (P3) and (P4), via reductio ad absurdum, an A-Series interpretation of time produces a contradiction.

You're trying to make an (extremely weak) reductio ad absurdum argument, an intellectually bankrupt solipsist.

Reductio ad absurdum of course, but I'm curious how do you know where to draw the line?.

Reductio ad absurdum requires that the absurd conclusion is a consequence of the argument that you are trying to disprove when taken to extremes.

That's not the point, and it's a form of reductio ad absurdum.

This is getting well into ad absurdum (a common problem on HN).

There are probably real elements in it (likely the author does use a solar-powered NUC as his dev machine), which are then extrapolated ad absurdum.

Well, if you insist on reductio at absurdum, let's continue on.

All difficult conjectures should be proved by reductio ad absurdum arguments.

Take your idea ad absurdum - the world needs laptops - why don't all the [currently chinese] laptop manufacturers unionize and charge 5 times as much?

If individuals were selected for, reductio ad absurdum, only the "best" individuals would survive.

I agree that it is a valid concern but it doesn't support the "Google sells user data" premise without reductio ad absurdum.

I'll provide my own reductio ad absurdum in response to your brain-scanning argument and ask how you would feel if the cops told you "Sorry, there's nothing we can do.