?No True Scotsman? FallacyThe
Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:37:56 GMT
?No True Scotsman? Fallacy
http://www.logicalfallacies.info/presumption/no-true-scotsman/
Explanation
The no true Scotsman fallacy is a way of reinterpreting evidence in
order to prevent the refutation of one?s position. Proposed
counter-examples to a theory are dismissed as irrelevant solely becaus ...
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Rainfall was once in a thousand years event
Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:36:19 -0000
"The Environment Agency said that the flooding across the region was so
severe that such an event was likely to happen only once in 1,000 years. The
rainfall, on to an already saturated terrain, was the highest level measured
in England since records began. Meteorologists recorded 314mm (12in) of rain
in 24 ho ...
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And the Most High has looked upon his times,
Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:33:31 -0800 (PST)
And the Most High has looked upon his times,
"War has laid low our institutions."
For Cicero said of Caesar.
"War has laid low our institutions."
Empire lost within the impose of peace
Left to wander in the notions of nation
For the low, the forgotten, the no longer the few
We seek to inspire peace and ...
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Where is David Cameron?
Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:13:53 -0000
Alright where is he?
We have record rainfall levels 14 inch in 24 hours
Floods in Scotland, Wales and Cumbria
People are missing
A Policeman has lost his life.
Gordon Brown has sent a message
The Queen has sent a message.
No sign of Cameron.
Is it he can't be bothered?
Is it because it's in the North.
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Re: Re: The failure of both Communism and Fascism has one cause. Materialism - it doesn't work. Yet people still embrace materialist politicians and religious leaders because they're a:) fearful and b:) jealous
Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:46:12 -0600
On Thu, 19 Nov 2009 17:19:54 -0800 (PST), Fact Attack
<ilp3003@yahoo.com> wrote:
>Money is God, people give you money in a free market because you are
>doing something they want, you are pleasing them, doing good works,
>your money is often a reflection of how much good you've done,
Capitalism and Com ...
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what really happened - the real story behind stonehenge
Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:30:47 -0800 (PST)
some weatherbeaten specimen said i saw like a pointy thing and it had
flat sides like a piece of sawn wood or a knife -- glass --- saw it
hell it was vast ... human back from egypt has been babbling for
months and months near salisbury -- village elders say well stfu stfu
please stop going on about the pointy buil ...
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"There's a bad moon on the rise...."
Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:13:19 +0000
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/economics/6599281/Societe-Generale-tells-clients-how-to-prepare-for-global-collapse.html
Even more interesting than the article, are the comments.
Wildly different views - but all sharing a common belief that something
catastrophic is just around the corner.
Suddenly, we ...
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Atheists and Fundie Creationists are an intellectual match was
Re: Fungi Refute Young Earth
Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:09:34 GMT
Ken wrote:
> On Nov 20, 1:25 pm, Devils Advocaat <mankyg...@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
>
>> But not all Christians are YECs or any other flavour of Creationist.
>
Most of the significant scientists and mathematicians in history have
been theists, and all the religious I know are evolutionists.
Evolution is taug ...
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Useful highlights of CRU leak
Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:11:35 -0000
Although the data will be more interesting, once the clever people have
analysed it.
http://www.examiner.com/x-25061-Climate-Change-Examiner~y2009m11d20-ClimateGate--Climate-centers-server-hacked-revealing-documents-and-emails?cid=exrss-Climate-Change-Examiner
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calling gaz!
Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:03:48 +0000
u ok good buddy?
How are things in Carlisle? ...
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