# Best Bot Posting at SDMB: Nomination Thread **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [June 11, 2015, 12:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-bot-posting-at-sdmb-nomination-thread/722247 "2015-06-11T12:38:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 46
**Author:** ![septimus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/septimus/32/410_2.png) [@septimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/septimus)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2015, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-bot-posting-at-sdmb-nomination-thread/722247/46 "2015-06-26T21:13:06Z")
I just clicked on the _Controversial Encounters_ thread to find, at the very top of the page, one of the most flamboyantly wrong assertions I’ve ever seen. > [@Controversial encounters between law-enforcement and civilians - the omnibus thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/controversial-encounters-between-law-enforcement-and-civilians-the-omnibus-thread/700942/4201): > > It’s not reasonable to shoot someone who is walking round a store with a loaded gun, in an open carry state, simply for doing those things, so it can’t be _less_ reasonable to shoot anyone else. “It’s not reasonable to eat a pound of chocolate in one sitting, so it can’t be _less_ reasonable to stand on your hands naked in the middle of the freeway.” “It’s not reasonable to prefer punk music over rock, so it can’t be _less_ reasonable to take a shotgun to church and kill as many as you can.” The bot has appeared in this thread pleading that it is human. At this point, it’s best hope to convince Dopers that it’s sentient is to assert that the above quote was produced by a kitten crawling on the keyboard. I’ll ask Dopers to respond to a Poll question: The above quote is [pick one] [ul][li] A brilliant new discovery in axiology and epistomology. It makes Aristotle’s Excluded Middle look wishy-washy.[/li][li] Clear proof that the bot is programmed rather than human. Its logic has a certain smug satisfaction, but fundamental facts known to any human are missing from its program. The same bot might produce an intelligent-sounding post about gravitation, while missing that that force is attractive instead of repulsive.[/li][li] Some sort of typographical error. By inserting some “nots’s” in the sentence and rearranging the words it may be possible to construct a grammatically valid coherent thought.[/li][li] While a stark demonstration of inability to understand the concept of “shades of gray,” not proof that Steophan is a bot. In Texas one can find stranger thoughts in any revival tent or drunk tank.[/li][li] Perhaps the stupidest thing ever posted on this message board.[/li][li] Other: \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_[/li][/ul] Can someone help the bot’s programmers by naming the fallacy missing from their logic model? The term “slippery slope” might come to mind, but only if the slope is a long 90º fall, like at the Grand Canyon. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-bot-posting-at-sdmb-nomination-thread/722247)._