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Tuesday, June 24, 2008

A fallacious appeal

In philosophy, a fallacious appeal to popularity is usually the charge when someone names a specific number of people and says that is why we should accept whatever they're saying..."300,000,000 people can't be wrong." The reason it is called a fallacy is that whatever number is presented is not... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, June 23, 2008

War on the Mind

Back in 1991 I was in a men's group meeting at a church I was attending when I lived in Los Angeles. One of the guys there was talking about his success dealing with his problems related to sex and abstinence. He said, "...what I've started to do lately is fight lust, and that's seemed to work the... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, June 20, 2008

Disc World

Did the people who believed the Earth was flat ever climb mountains? How can one look at the curvature of the Earth and assume it's flat? Or did they think we were squatting on a disc? Oh well. If you repeat absurdities enough you can sentence people to death for thinking otherwise. Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, June 19, 2008

Euphemistic Wisdom

I am not overweight. I have been overserved. Sign in to see full entry.

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Russert Distraction

The tragic death of Tim Russert is popping up in the news too much. From analysts talking about him and interviewing people who worked for him to websites talking about what he might have done to avoid what happened...there are too many stories. What are we not being told that we need to know?... Sign in to see full entry.

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Slick

I stopped by the grocery store and grabbed a magazine with the rest of my stuff. I went through it and tore out all of the insert/subscription cards and threw them in the trash can while I was in the checkout line. Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, June 17, 2008

Cut the line

When the millstone of incredulity reaches critical mass, cut the line. See and believe. Sign in to see full entry.

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Curious Conversions

Evidently shortly after leaving office Fmr. PM Tony Blair converted to Roman Catholicism. I don't know much about his religion before that. Now I'm reading that there is a chance that George W. Bush may convert to Roman Catholicism. Now the smoke screen in the article about Bush says something about... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, June 16, 2008

Dangers of Star Trek

As much as I have loved the Star Trek series over the years I am forced to the conclusion that it has gone to serve, in part, indoctrinating the fans towards the idea of world government. It's very subtle. Earth of the Trek universe isn't ruled over by certain bloodlines. There aren't roid-head... Sign in to see full entry.

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