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• in Gaming
  Myths of the Game Pre-order
  It's less about the game and more about our ego.
  by jwalk6 / on Sep 18, 2012

Latest blogosphere posts tagged “fallacy”

 

• Variation, Within and Between

  
  tdaxp — Authority: 113
  Occasionally, you will encounter someone who says this: Variation between human races is greater than variation within human races If you do, you know you’ve encountered someone who has been indirectly exposed to the work of Richard Lewontin . There are two forms of “Lewontin’s fallacy.” One is the ...
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• New York City Council Passes Bill Forcing Employers to Provide Paid Sick Leave

  
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  On Wednesday the New York City Council voted 45-3 to pass the New York City Earned Sick Time Act, a bill which will require employers with more than 20 employees to Continue reading New York City Council Passes Bill Forcing Employers to Provide Paid Sick Leave
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• Generosity vs. Zero-Sum Thinking in the Workplace

  
  Acton Institute PowerBlog — Authority: 491
  When discussing economics, we frequently encounter the zero-sum fallacy : the notion that the economic pie is fixed, that there is always a winner and a loser, and that, for someone to grow rich, another must become poor. Read more on Generosity vs. Zero-Sum Thinking in the Workplace… The post Generosity vs. ...
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• Reductio ad Godwinum

  
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  Anyone who has spent some time online, especially in forums or social media where chat and debate predominate, is likely to have come across references to Godwin’s Law , created by Mike Godwin in 1990: As an online discussion grows longer, the probability of a comparison involving Nazis or Hitler approaches 1. ...
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• Teach a Man to Fish…Will He?

  
  Enlightened Living — Authority: 109
  One of our most profound errors of social intelligence is the assumption that if we provide someone with a vehicle for change, they will not only accept it, but undertake to make it. read more
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• Phisix 7,200: Up, up and away! The Illusions of Comfort

  
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  I said quoted Superman last week on the Phisix: Up, up and away! And so it seems.  This week, the Phisix soared by a whopping 2.7%. Woot! This adds to the accrued year to date gains now at a mammoth 24%. Woot! This comes amidst a seeming return of the “Risk On” environment in the global equity ...
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• The ‘appeal to antiquity’ fallacy

  
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  I have already written on a number of other fallacies that often get used. The ‘ appeal to antiquity ‘ is another commonly used logical fallacy that is often used when the assumption is that something is better because it is older, is traditional, or has “always has been done.” An often cited example is: ...
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• The Boston Marathon Bombing and The Faith Privilege

  
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  . This article first appeared in the Algemeine r on April 23, 2013.  You can read the follow up there now: “ A Campaign of Willful Blindness on Terrorism .” The Boston Marathon bombing provoked enactment of what has emerged, since 9/11, as a ritual of political theater refined even beyond its long ...
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• Theory and practice, once more

  
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  Theres probably a special place in philosophy hell for people who approach the subject the way that Eve Tushnet evidently does . "Critical thinking has so thoroughly colonized our idea of education that we tend to think its the only kind of thinking. Tests try to measure it, and ritzy private schools all claim to ...
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• Learning can hurt

  
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  This essay, from 2007, summarizes how progress in genomics came to confront convenient but incorrect views on the genetic clustering of human populations. The vast majority of people, even scientists, are still confused about this subject. See also Human genetic variation, Fst and Lewontins fallacy in pictures . ...
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• ‘Thou shalt not commit logical fallacies’

  
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  Anyone with an interest in science is probably familiar with the logical fallacies so widely used by the touters of quackery, pseudoscience and woo. I have written about a number of them in the context of ‘running’ and there are a lot more to come. I recently came across this poster that summarizes the key ...
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• Content Marketing – Generate Profits With Writing Quality Content

  
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  With all the introduction of Googles Panda Update in which the present rules of marketing with articles have changed as well as will be labeled from the umbrella of the content marketing. But if the content was the king prior to the update, these days it is the last ruler over the entire writing with the web.But If ...
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• Turns out collaboration is not one size fits all

  
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  While collaboration can be done in a room or virtually online, there are some use cases where in-person meetings work better.
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• Against free markets

  
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  The term that is. There seem to be few usages that are a greater barrier to clear thought and debate that free markets . Whether used as a term of sneering abuse to create straw-person arguments or as a slogan of the right and proper, it is ready-made to close minds and abstract away from the issues that do matter; ...
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• Cruzing the Slippery Slope

  
  A Philosopher's Blog — Authority: 129
   (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Because of its psychological appeal and versatility, the slippery slope is a very popular fallacy.  Thus, it is no surprise that Senator Ted Cruz employed it in his recent “argument” against expanding background checks. The slippery slope is a fallacy in which a person asserts ...
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• Just little old me…

  
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  Dennis Prager’s post at NRO today is literally a series of conservative talking points on Islam and terrorism.  All pretty much familiar fare, from identifying a persecution complex in their opponents (the irony!) to blaming the Left for encouraging them to their acts of violence, to just stopping short of ...
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• Rationally Speaking podcast: the Pigliucci-Shermer debate on the science of ethics

  
  Rationally Speaking — Authority: 556
  In a special live Rationally Speaking , taped at NECSS 2013, Julia Galef moderates a lively discussion between Massimo and Michael Shermer, head of the Skeptic Society and founding publisher of Skeptic Magazine. The topic: Can science tell us what is "moral"? This discussion comes after both men have tackled the ...
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• On “The Top 10 ways Islam forbids terrorism”

  
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  Rarely have I seen a dumber article on Alternet. Juan Cole informs us of the Top Ten Ways Islamic Law Forbids Terrorism. Here’s just 2 ideas that come to my mind when I read this pileup: 1. If you need … Continue reading →
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• The Polygamy Argument & Same-Sex Marriage

  
  A Philosopher's Blog — Authority: 129
  (Photo credit: Dave77459) One of the many stock fallacious arguments against same sex-marriage is the slippery slope argument in which it is contended that allowing same sex-marriage will lead to allowing polygamous marriage (or at least bigamy). The mistake being made is, of course, that the link between the two is ...
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• Definition of Religion

  
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  Religion means the quest for divine truth which every culture and every individual round the world seeks. No conviction is more universal, no theory more fundamental than this: Life must have its origin in a divine spirit or source (GOD). … Continue reading →
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