Arguments…
This is a followup to my post on logical thinking. Here’s something I said :- Over the next few weeks I’ll analyze some arguments commonly presented (and sadly, accepted) by people that are about as valid as 1+1=11. Just because it seems logical, it doesn’t mean it is. I mentioned one of my pet peeves related to arguments in the previous post. Here are a few more that annoy me to no end. I am not just ranting about my pet peeves. I am mentioning these because it is my belief that many disagreements stem from people’s inability to think logically, rather than...
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I am going to do an off-beat post today (but it still indirectly relates to local issues). I’ve always maintained that people should be required to take logic, political science and personal finance in high schools. It’s absurd that we hand over a diploma to someone for finishing 12 years of schooling (not including kindergarten and junior kindergarten) without even teaching them how to balance a cheque book (still useful even though we don’t use cheque books anymore) or even the very basics of logical thinking. Heck theoretically voting could even be a factor of someone...
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