Formal logic for Dummies?
January 28, 2016 at 3:50 pm
(This post was last modified: January 28, 2016 at 4:01 pm by LadyForCamus.)
(January 28, 2016 at 3:11 pm)robvalue Wrote: I've found people who are doubtful of their intelligence tend to me more intelligent than they think. Those that are super confident about it are generally a lot less intelligent than they think.
This reminds me a bit of a quote from Mr. C. Darwin that I like:
"Ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge: it is those who know little, and not those who know much, who so positively assert that this or that problem will never be solved by science."
You're site is great by the way. I like appreciate that you provide short explanations to go along with each example, because some of the fallacies seem similar at first glance. The thing that drives me nuts about them is that many have two or three different names! Damn memorization tactics...5 years out of college and they still follow me! [emoji14]
Nay_Sayer: “Nothing is impossible if you dream big enough, or in this case, nothing is impossible if you use a barrel of KY Jelly and a miniature horse.”
Wiser words were never spoken.
Wiser words were never spoken.