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What I'm reading now:
The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark (Listening to the audio version. Excellent!)
Idlewild (Very interesting, quite different. Written by Carl Sagan's son, Nick)
Atheist Universe: The Thinking Person's Answer to Christian Fundamentalism (my favorite atheist book so far)

What I just finished:
You Suck: A Love Story (It made me LOL)
Bloodsucking Fiends: A Love Story (It sucked me in. Fun and funny.)
The City of Ember (movie was much better)
His Dark Materials Trilogy (The Golden Compass; The Subtle Knife; The Amber Spyglass) (best trilogy I've ever read!)
The Heathen's Guide to World Religions (witty and informative)

What I'm waiting for, or what's waiting on my nightstand:
Microcosm: E. Coli and the New Science of Life (Vintage)
The Day of the Triffids

Great Stuff I Watched Recently:
War, Inc. (very clever satire from the headlines. cynical but funny)
Taken (gritty, violent, excellent retribution!)
The Day of the Triffids (BBC series. Good acting, 80's low budget effects)
City of Ember (DVD) (good movie, much better than the book)

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Logical Fallacy 7: The Red Herring

By Neece, on February 23, 2009, at 6:02 am

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A Red Herring is a diversionary tactic. It is an argument brought up in response to another argument which does not address the real issue. There are many types of Red Herring arguments. Sometimes this can be a deliberate attempt…

February 23rd, 2009 | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , | Category: Facts, Freethinker, Ideas, Important, Skeptical, action, advice, believing problem, clever, critical thinking, discussion, helpful stuff, logic, tips | 10 comments

Logical Fallacy 6: Argumentum Verbosium: Proof By Intimidation

By Neece, on February 18, 2009, at 12:33 am

madcatArgumentum verbosium is also known as Proof by Intimidation, or Proof by Verbosity. It refers to an argument that is so complex, so long-winded and so poorly presented by the arguer that you are obliged to accept it, simply to…

February 18th, 2009 | Tags: , , , , , , , , | Category: Facts, Freethinker, Ideas, Important, Skeptical, Think, action, advice, believing problem, clever, critical thinking, discussion, helpful stuff, logic, tips | 4 comments

Logical Fallacy 5: Argument From Authority

By Neece, on November 20, 2008, at 4:50 pm

(also called Appeal to Authority) Stating a claim is true because a person or group of perceived authority says it’s true. The claimant emphasizes the many years of experience and/or formal degrees held by the person or organization making the…

November 20th, 2008 | Tags: , , , , | Category: Facts, Freethinker, Ideas, Important, Think, advice, believing problem, clever, critical thinking, discussion, helpful stuff, logic, tips | Leave a comment

Logical Fallacy 4: Argumentum Ad Ignorantiam

By Neece, on October 29, 2008, at 11:02 pm

Argumentum Ad ignorantiam means the Argument from Ignorance. It basically states that a specific belief is true because we don’t know that it isn’t true. This logical fallacy can also be called the Negative Proof Argument, or Appeal to Ignorance.

This is…

October 29th, 2008 | Tags: , , , , , , , , , | Category: Freethinker, Important, Think, advice, believing problem, clever, critical thinking, discussion, helpful stuff, logic, tips | 2 comments

Logical Fallacy 3: Tu quoque (you too)

By Neece, on October 24, 2008, at 10:49 pm

Tu quoque is Latin for “You too”. So you justify your wrong action because someone else also does it. “My evidence may be invalid, but so is yours.”

This is Part 3 in a series I introduced the other day about…

October 24th, 2008 | Tags: , , , , , , | Category: Facts, Freethinker, Important, Think, advice, believing problem, clever, critical thinking, discussion, helpful stuff, logic, tips | 6 comments
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