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Saturday, February 7. 2009

Fallacies and Sound Arguments

These Youtubes are basic, but I like basic.


What is a fallacy? (What's with their spelling? I don't know.)



What is a sound argument?


Posted by Opie in Fallacies and Logic at 18:52 | Comments (3) | Trackbacks (0)

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Mighty damn depressing music. Can I possibly get the message without all the drama? I say an argument is a collective series of statements to establish a definite proposition. As for a sound argument, the sound in this argument is much more entertaining:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=teMlv3ripSM

Sorry, but you knew someone was going to have to do it. Just glad it could be me. :)
#1 KRW on 2009-02-07 22:28 (Reply)
I deduce that this was a trick to determine if we have ADD. I have it, evidently, as I was unable to think in four dimensions. It also gave me IMS - Irritable Mind Syndrome. Good thing I don't have a cat to kick.
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#2 Meta on 2009-02-07 22:31 (Reply)
I used to try and study with the music on in high school. Didn't work then and still doesn't work now.
#3 MN on 2009-02-08 06:52 (Reply)

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