Logic, the Beginning
Recently, I’ve had a few dust-ups with folks that don’t understand how VERY basic logic can be used to test for rhetoric and other bullshit. I’ve also had a number of very kind emails from readers who are interested in learning more about how we might do that. I’ve read a great deal on the …
Gammas must gamma
Gammas must gamma. After blocking this gent, he made an end-around and tried to post to my youtube. From my critic earlier. Dude, after listening to you for 100+ Barbell Logic episodes, I’m honestly shocked at how intellectually dishonest you are. You avoid posting my blog comment and block me for what, because I said …
People are offended, others must lose their jobs. It’s the Outrage Game.
Recently a young comedian on the Saturday Night Live cast lost his job because someone was offended by his past action. He ain’t the first. I’ve been trying to figure out what this all means. Let’s think about it together. The key here is that someone was offended. The interesting thing about being offended is …
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Further Problems with “Problematicism”
Even when people mean well when they use this word, they are in the service of Evil. Examples of this directly from a critic: Getting married can be problematic, not only because people often get married for the wrong reasons, but because even when done for the right reasons a relationship can become a problem …
5. A very logical poem, “The One Hoss Shay,” by Oliver Wendell Holmes
This is a logical little poem and a great piece of American writing. Listen and we’ll talk about it a little. “The One Hoss Shay” by Oliver Wendell Holmes (1858) Have you heard of the wonderful one-hoss-shay, That was built in such a logical way It ran a hundred years to a day, And then, …
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4. It’s all been BS since antibiotics.
It’s all been BS since antibiotics.