Pages Tagged “logical fallacy”
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- Rational?
“I’m rational, unlike you, and if you look at this supposed problem rationally, you’ll understand that it can’t possibly be real because I politically disapprove of some of the proposed solutions.” — Just about every conservative comment on climate change I’ve seen on Quora.
- False Choices, Free Culture and Music.
It’s not just “pay for everything in this manner” vs. “take what you want.” Tech has transformed media distribution, so we need new compensation models.
- Missing the Point of Organic Farming
Study finds organic food doesn’t contain more nutrients than conventional. So? That’s not what its proponents were claiming in the first place.
- Primary Reactions & Binary Thinking
Had dinner at my parents’ last night, and at one point talk turned to yesterday’s primary election. It’s quite interesting that, within a matter of days, the Iowa Caucus and New Hampshire Primary chose different candidates for both major parties. It points out something that should be obvious: State-wide primaries don’t tell you how well […]
- Left and right
Just saw Snopes’ post on Ben Stein’s commentary on the Oscars and the politics of Hollywood, including this rather disingenuous statement: Basically, the sad truth is that Hollywood does not think of itself as part of America, and so, to Hollywood, the war to save freedom from Islamic terrorists is happening to someone else. Sure, […]