To: OldNavyVet
"Every part of Darwins thesis is open to test. The clues from fossils, genes or geography differ in each case, but from all of them comes the conclusion that the whole of life is kin. That is no mere assertion, but a chain of deduction with every link complete. The biography of the AIDS virus, one of Natures newest and tiniest products, is almost complete and that of whales the largest animals ever seen is fragmentary, but they are cousins under the skin. The AIDS virus is change seen under the microscope, and the whale the same process viewed, in glimpses and over long ages, through a biological telescope. Evolution at the extremes of size is an apt prelude to the great drama that is Darwinism." Fallacy of affirming the consequent on full display.
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11/13/2009 9:15:51 AM PST by
GourmetDan
(Eccl 10:2 - The heart of the wise inclines to the right, but the heart of the fool to the left.)
To: GourmetDan
Fallacy of affirming the consequent ... Example
(1) If Fred wanted to get me sacked then hed go and have a word with the boss.
(2) There goes Fred to have a word with the boss. Therefore:
(3) Fred wants to get me sacked.
This argument is clearly fallacious; there are any number of reasons why Fred might be going to have a word with the boss that do not involve him wanting to get me sacked: e.g. to ask for a raise, to tell the boss what a good job Im doing, etc. Freds going to see the boss therefore doesnt show that hes trying to get me fired.
To: GourmetDan
Fallacy of affirming the consequent ... Example
(1) If Fred wanted to get me sacked then hed go and have a word with the boss.
(2) There goes Fred to have a word with the boss. Therefore:
(3) Fred wants to get me sacked.
This argument is clearly fallacious; there are any number of reasons why Fred might be going to have a word with the boss that do not involve him wanting to get me sacked: e.g. to ask for a raise, to tell the boss what a good job Im doing, etc. Freds going to see the boss therefore doesnt show that hes trying to get me fired.
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