Re: Antigravity, our doom?

pipoxyz wrote:
[snip]

This might be true, but i bet that in the early days, a lot of
formullas would exist in perfect harmony with the fact that the earth
is flat.

FALLACIES

Non sequitur: A conclusion that does not follow logically from the
premise. We've piled up $5.4 trillion in debt; we'd better institute
term limits.

Hasty generalization: Jumping to conclusions before considering
alternative information. We ran a deficit again last year; we're
still borrowing to pay entitlements.

Stereotyping: Generalizing from a small sample. We need to shut down
the border; our welfare rolls are already too large.

Either-or thinking (aka: False dilemma): Ignores other relevant
alternatives. We've got to make the tough decision: raise taxes or
cut spending.

"Post hoc, ergo propter hoc" (Latin for: "after this, therefore
because of this"): Assuming that A caused B, simply because B
followed A. There's been an eclipse just before every stock market
crash. You'd better liquidate, because there's an eclipse next
month.

Begging the question: Assumes truth without supporting evidence. Debt
is a burden on our children.

Circular reasoning: Asserting the same idea in different words. The
growing popularity of a Balanced Budget Amendment shows that people
are fed up with deficits.

Special pleading: One-sided argument; completely ignores contrary
evidence. Debt is a virus that's eating us alive. We'll be bankrupt
by 1995.

Red herring: Sidetracking by bringing in an irrelevant matter. We'd
better kill the supercollider project, because debt is a burden on our
children.

Appeal to ignorance: Asserts truth because contrary evidence is
lacking. The supercollider would never have paid for itself.

Ad populum: Appeal to popular emotions, feelings, and prejudices.
We've already piled $20,000 of debt on every man, woman, and child in
America.

Ad hominem: Attacking the person instead of the issue. You think
deficits don't matter? You, sir, are brain-dead.

False analogy: Comparison to something more unalike than similar. I
have to balance my personal checkbook; why shouldn't the federal
government have to?

Snapshot Fallacy: Take a snapshot, examine it for things one likes or
doesn't like, then draw conclusions about what should be different to
make things better. (A snapshot is a poor substitute for a movie.)
The gap between rich and poor is too great. We must redistribute
income to correct this inequity.

[snip]

Yes, you are correct, i dont know why i responded this way,

Try this: You are an spewing ineducable dunce, hence an idiot.

[snip]

..ill check it out:)

The fruits of American zero-goal education do not fall far from the
landfill.

--
Uncle Al
http://www.mazepath.com/uncleal/
(Toxic URL! Unsafe for children and most mammals)
http://www.mazepath.com/uncleal/lajos.htm#a2
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