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Where Orwell Was Right

February 9, 2007 – 10:30 pm

When contemplating similarities between our current western culture and George Orwell’s 1984, most discussions quickly turn toward debating the slow decline of personal privacy, the standards of government intervention, or a discussion of rat phobias. While all of these make for fascinating (if perhaps repetitive) conversation, it was not here that Orwell demonstrated his […]

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Being An Atheist Doesn’t Mean You Are Immoral

September 14, 2006 – 9:12 pm

A comment on a recent Newsvine thread stated:
A Columbine shooter’s diary, released along with loads of other documents by the Denver Post, shows that he was an atheist who believed all the evolutionary teaching he’d been fed in school. He wondered why he should suppress his natural instincts and be nice. Surely natural instincts […]

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Logic 103: The Dark (Dark) Side of Logic

May 19, 2006 – 10:41 am

In response to requests from my logically-sound readers, you can now find links to Logic 101 (which covers the basic structure of logical arguments), and Logic 102 (which covers the Argumentum ad Baculum, Argumentum ad Hominem, Argumentum ad Ignorantiam, and Argumentum ad Misericordium) here.
Actual Article Begins Now:
All right, Logic fans, it is time for […]

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Logic 102

May 17, 2006 – 10:39 am

Prologue:
In response to requests from my logically-sound readers, you can now find links to Logic 101 (which covers the basic structure of logical arguments) and Logic 103 (which covers the Argumentum ad Populum , Argumentum ad Verecundiam, Petitio Principii, Complex Question, The Ignoratio Elenchi, Fallacies of Ambiguity, The Fallacy of Composition , and […]

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Logic 101

May 16, 2006 – 10:37 am

Prologue:
In response to requests from my logically-sound readers, you can now find links to Logic 102 (which covers the Argumentum ad Baculum, Argumentum ad Hominem, Argumentum ad Ignorantiam, and Argumentum ad Misericordium) and Logic 103 (which covers the rest of the common fallacies) here.
Actual Article Resumes Now:
In the early days of Newsvine (as in, […]

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