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- Date: Fri, 13 Nov 1992 10:13:13 EST
- Sender: "Control Systems Group Network (CSGnet)" <CSG-L@UIUCVMD.BITNET>
- From: Avery Andrews <andaling@FAC.ANU.EDU.AU>
- Subject: lousy argument form
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- [Avery Andrews 191112.1013]
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- Recently on csgnet I've seen instances of a really lousy argument, to
- whit, X doesn't understand PCT because they're controlling for
- believing something else. Aside from the fact that this kind of
- argument can also be used to explain why people think that PCT is true
- (you guys believe in this stuff because you want to think you have
- some control over what you do, rather than the truth, which is that you
- are the idle playthings of Zeus & Co. on Mt. Olympus), but also it
- should be evident that anyone who bothers to get CSGNet is not
- committed to believing the standard stories being told in their
- discipline. After all, even deleting the traffic without reading it is
- a substantial investment of effort.
-
- Avery.Andrews@anu.edu.au
-