Re: wolves and sheep on the inet
Andrew Beckett (abeckett@fmlrnd.co.uk)
Mon, 16 May 94 10:25:08 BST
In article DAA05138@gravity.science.gmu.edu, Tim Scanlon <tfs@science.gmu.edu> () writes:
>
> People are neither wolves nor sheep, but they are apperently rigid,
> intolerant and close minded. This kind of presumtion is both foolish and
> dangerous. The world is a complex place, and while making analogies offers
> a tool to simplify it, it also simplifies it. Too often these sorts of
> debates fall victim to sophmoric logical faults, most commonly those
> associated with ambiguity & equivocation. As well it seems the argumentative
> fallacies seem especialy prone to abuse, particularly Argumentum ad Hominem &
> & False Cause fallacies.
>
lots of pretentious crap deleted
> The world IS a complex place. False arguments on the net DO waste
> bandwith.
>
> Tim Scanlon
>
It's all very well proposing that we all give thoroughly rigorous arguments, but
as you say, most of us do not have a classical education. Therefore I suggest
you dont waste bandwidth with the dictionary that you swallowed, or waste our time
having to read this verbose twaddle.
Andrew Beckett.
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