Tuesday, August 26, 2008

Warning--Don't Make a Fallacious Argument Yourself

After talking to a couple of you, I'm worried that this exercise might turn into a chance to whine about candidates you don]t like.

That's a great way to get a low grade, and bore me to tears. You'll note that at no point did I ask: "Tell me what you don't like about X." That's a great way to fall into a fallacious way of reasoning yourself. Your emotions about a candidate begin to govern your assessments of the truth.

Stick to the arguments made by others and make an objective analysis of that argument. When I want your opinions, I will ask for them.