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- From: dsholtsi@csl36h.csl.ncsu.edu (Doug Holtsinger)
- Subject: An example of drieux's "reasoning" abilities
- Message-ID: <1993Jan11.225744.3919@ncsu.edu>
- Followup-To: talk.abortion
- Keywords: "logic" in drieuxism
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- Reply-To: dsholtsi@csl36h.csl.ncsu.edu (Doug Holtsinger)
- Organization: North Carolina State University
- References: <1993Jan10.204849.23116@ncsu.edu> <1993Jan11.093218.15073@wetware.com>
- Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1993 22:57:44 GMT
- Lines: 40
-
- In article <1993Jan11.093218.15073@wetware.com>
- drieux@wetware.com (drieux, just drieux) writes:
- >dsholtsi@csl36h.csl.ncsu.edu (Doug Holtsinger) writes:
-
- >> "Lack of proof in favor of
- >> existance can be considered to resonably show nonexistance. This holds
- >> true in many areas. Lack of proof of the existance of a god has lead
- >> many peopel to conclude that no such being exists."
- >>
- >> mcochran@nyx.cs.du.edu (Mark A. Cochran)
- >> <1993Jan6.200941.13165@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu>
-
- > I presume that you will some day grow up
- > to be old enough to have a Beard. May I
- > recommmend that you NOT get yourself
- > near unto Occams Razor, as it may hurt you.
-
- His statement is not an application of Occam's razor.
- Occam's razor deals with selecting a 'preferred' theory
- from a number of competing theories for explaining a
- specific set of laws. He's talking about 'proof', not
- 'preference'.
-
- > by your Brilliant Refutation
- > of Komrade Kokhran's position we understand that
- > you hold that anything Not Yet Prooven is presumed to be true.
-
- No, I was not arguing that anything "Not Yet Prooven" is
- presumed to be true.
-
- > ObTechnicalNote: Ok Happy Kampfers, let this be a
- > warning in HOW NOT to flame someone....
-
- Like spewing your ignorance across dozens of newsgroups.
-
-
- ---
- Doug Holtsinger
- 'finger dsh@eceyv.ncsu.edu' for documentation which shows that
- Roe v. Wade is unrestricted abortion-on-demand throughout pregnancy.
-