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The Argument of The Converse Hypothetical

Posted in Logic, Philosophy, tagged , , , , , on February 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

I was listening to a WBEN the other day, a local Buffalo news and talk show radio station, when I heard a clip from the morning show hosted by Tom Bowerly.  It immediately struck me as insanely illogical.
Bowerly, a typical radio conservative talk show host, sticks to his anti-Democrat, anti-Obama talking points.  In this particular [...]

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The Obama Foreign Policy: Maintaining the Status Quo

Posted in Philosophy, Politics, tagged , , , , on February 10, 2009 | 3 Comments »

American foreign policy since World War I, and more so following the conclusion of World War II, has maintained one critical element above all else – to secure and preserve American power.  The definition of American power takes numerous forms.  A short list includes exploiting foreign resources for the benefit of American private industry, eliminating [...]

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The Rationalization Behind Cheating

Posted in Logic, Psychology, tagged , , , on February 6, 2009 | 4 Comments »

Chances are if your an adult, you’ve been in a relationship that ended because either yourself, or your significant other, cheated.  There is a distinct rationalizing process that occurs on the part of the cheater, both during the affair and when dealing with the aftermath.  This should be of interest to anyone who has cheated [...]

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The Problem of Correlation As Causation

Posted in Logic, Philosophy, tagged , , on February 4, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

The confusion of supplanting correlation for causation is one of the most common logical fallacies we make.  This is the fallacy of correlation.  The basic premise is that you will attribute a connection between two experiences as the root cause of one experience being the cause of the other.
While it’s one of the easiest logical [...]

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