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Topic: Crimes Against Logic by Jamie Whyte
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portmaster1000
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Message 1 of 11 (151793)
10-21-2004 9:06 PM
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Crimes Against Logic I'm a little over half way through this book but I can highly recommend it. It discusses many logically fallacies that creep into debates and modern media. It was released in the UK first as Bad Thoughts: A Guide to Clear Thinking. It was just recently released here in the US. Anyone else reading it? thanx PM1K
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AdminNosy
Administrator Posts: 4754 From: Vancouver, BC, Canada Joined: 11-11-2003
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Message 2 of 11 (151796)
10-21-2004 9:13 PM
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RAZD
Member (Idle past 1431 days) Posts: 20714 From: the other end of the sidewalk Joined: 03-14-2004
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Topper?
I want to know how Topper got his picture on the cover ...
... for you old-timers ...  This message has been edited by RAZD, 10-21-2004 08:42 PM
we are limited in our ability to understand by our ability to understand
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jar
Member (Idle past 420 days) Posts: 34026 From: Texas!! Joined: 04-20-2004
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Message 4 of 11 (151800)
10-21-2004 9:37 PM
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Reply to: Message 3 by RAZD
10-21-2004 9:20 PM
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Re: Topper?
Is it Topper or Harvey in disguise?
Aslan is not a Tame Lion
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RAZD
Member (Idle past 1431 days) Posts: 20714 From: the other end of the sidewalk Joined: 03-14-2004
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Message 5 of 11 (151801)
10-21-2004 9:39 PM
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Reply to: Message 4 by jar
10-21-2004 9:37 PM
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Re: Topper?
Topper Harvey would have ear holes in the hat
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jar
Member (Idle past 420 days) Posts: 34026 From: Texas!! Joined: 04-20-2004
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Message 6 of 11 (151805)
10-21-2004 9:48 PM
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Reply to: Message 5 by RAZD
10-21-2004 9:39 PM
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Re: Topper?
Can't be Topper. Where's Neil? Not only that, has to be George then.
Aslan is not a Tame Lion
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portmaster1000
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Message 7 of 11 (151809)
10-21-2004 9:59 PM
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Reply to: Message 3 by RAZD
10-21-2004 9:20 PM
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Re: Topper?
Ok, I admit I was scratching my head on this one until I googled it. Gave me a good chuckle. Quite clever  PM1K
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RAZD
Member (Idle past 1431 days) Posts: 20714 From: the other end of the sidewalk Joined: 03-14-2004
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Message 8 of 11 (151813)
10-21-2004 10:12 PM
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Reply to: Message 6 by jar
10-21-2004 9:48 PM
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Re: Topper?
correct, but the heck with neil, I want to know where marion is ...
we are limited in our ability to understand by our ability to understand
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Adminnemooseus
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Message 9 of 11 (151831)
10-21-2004 11:30 PM
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Message 1 replay
Any discussion of the following? Otherwise might as well close the topic.
quote:
Crimes Against Logic I'm a little over half way through this book but I can highly recommend it. It discusses many logically fallacies that creep into debates and modern media. It was released in the UK first as Bad Thoughts: A Guide to Clear Thinking. It was just recently released here in the US. Anyone else reading it? thanx
PM1K
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portmaster1000
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Re: Message 1 replay
I've finished this book and recommend it even more highly. The biggest eye opener for me was this book's discussion of the Motive Fallacy. I know I've fallen for this one. I'll have to watch myself now. Just because a person has bad motives, doesn't mean that their plan is automatically bad. Good ideas can come from bad motives just as bad ideas can come from good motives. The idea should be evaluated on it's own merits not the intentions of it's creator. If you're well versed in argument logic this book is not for you. This book is more closely intended for those new to debating or those that want to be able to identify fallacies in popular media. I was very happy with it. More Logically Stable PM1K
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lfen
Member (Idle past 4703 days) Posts: 2189 From: Oregon Joined: 06-24-2004
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Message 11 of 11 (160013)
11-16-2004 2:12 AM
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Reply to: Message 3 by RAZD
10-21-2004 9:20 PM
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Re: Topper?
I'm such an old timer I had even forgotten Topper and how much I loved the movie and the tv show when I was a kid. But it was George and Marion that were invisible not Cosmo Topper. lfen
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