| 1 | He refuted the view by reducing it to absurdity. | |
| 2 | This paer first explains specifically Mo-tzu's seven way of inference, referring also to the three elements of discussion, induction, and reduction ad absurdum. | |
| 3 | The "irrefutable" commentary is the application in news commentary of "reduction to absurdity" in comedy and the caricature in arts. |