Difference between revisions of "Talk:Assault on Reason"
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<blockquote>Some have criticized Al Gore's hypocrisy. Id est, in the book Al Gore denounces the media saying that they put little difference, if any difference at all, between news and celebrity, yet he is an ex Vice President of the United States and an Academy Award winner. </blockquote> | <blockquote>Some have criticized Al Gore's hypocrisy. Id est, in the book Al Gore denounces the media saying that they put little difference, if any difference at all, between news and celebrity, yet he is an ex Vice President of the United States and an Academy Award winner. </blockquote> | ||
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Revision as of 15:54, July 25, 2007
In logic, one of the best ways to determine that a premise is faulty is to derive two contradictory inferences from it. This proves that the premise is false.
Generally, whenever we catch someone telling a lie, we begin to doubt other things they've spoken about.
Any piece of "reasoning" which contains an internal contradiction (i.e., both affirms and denies the same point) is considered to be unsound. --Ed Poor 10:27, 29 May 2007 (EDT)
I removed the following paragraph. Its logic is completely unparsable and it contains an obviously personal opinion.
Some have criticized Al Gore's hypocrisy. Id est, in the book Al Gore denounces the media saying that they put little difference, if any difference at all, between news and celebrity, yet he is an ex Vice President of the United States and an Academy Award winner.
-- User:RWest 11:54 25 July 2007