I do believe that's
Abusive fallacy – a subtype of "ad hominem" when it turns into name-calling rather than arguing about the originally proposed argument.
Sounds good to me. Monty Python has a special grace for that kind of fallacy.
I do believe that's
Abusive fallacy – a subtype of "ad hominem" when it turns into name-calling rather than arguing about the originally proposed argument.
Hi Craig
You seem reasonable, i hope that when the dust settles from this particular round of discussion that people can see that your arguments have been well intentioned and well researched
The way i see it is that we don't have all the answers yet so the key is that we keep an open mind and that includes on things such as ESP. I have noticed my perspectives have changed since my early twenties when i became overly sure of certain things which i now realise was a need to gain certainty in my reality as I made a transition from teens into adulthood with the greater responsibilites and unknowns that came with it.
Also i totally agree with the point that you have made that we need both types of people. They both have strengths and should both be able to respect the others abilities and complement each other.
The way i see it is that the elites running society engineer the perceptions of the public by controlling the flow of information to them whether through the media or the education system (which is why they are desperately trying to gain greater control over the internet).
Through this method they have been able to constantly drive wedges between people because they know the greatest rule about dominating people which is 'divide and rule'.
They will drive a wedge between: men and women, old and young, rich and poor, educated and non educated, thinkers and feelers, jews and muslims etc ad nauseum.
So much energy is burnt up in the tensions created by these differences that could instead be used to move everyone forward, but despite the waste and damage you can be sure of one thing: the elites will always gain
Until people can work together they will continue to rely on the scraps thrown to them by the elites.
Hi Muir,
When we speak of elites there are two different groups here. Those pulling the strings in government and the media are the rich, and they do so in order to preserve and grow their wealth. That's another topic for another day.
In science though, the elites are really just the hive mind of the scientific community that is overloaded with left brain dominant personalities. You can find the same thing in churches: A central mythology at odds with the facts; (String theory, many worlds theory, the big bang, etc.) a strong fight against new ideas that disrupt the currently agreed upon viewpoint and shunning of outliers within the group who think differently.
That's how I see it, anyway.
luddite fallacy!
Science does both. It verifies that something is real or it disproves it. If we never verified anything, we wouldn't get very far.
Perhaps also you are allowing your Jungian shadow to project onto me your own unconscious guilt due to the fact that you are paid highly for not doing much?
Luddite fallacy!!!!
Its only a fallacy if it ain't true!
How are employment figures doing at the moment? Also do you think that 'growth' can be sustained indefinately?
InvisibleJim are you catching my ESP mind waves Scottish Lurv Bug?
[MENTION=1871]muir[/MENTION] I'd fall back on "Nuh Uh, says you"
Luddite fallacy AND correlation does not imply causation AND fallacy of a single cause
*resists urge to make joke about IJ just liking to play with big trunks*
*swoons*
My money is still on Jim though