It can be if it's followed by something worth reading, otherwise it's just a redundant exercise in copying/pasting shit from other sites. I've never been educated or entertained by someone who just says "you've committed the logical fallacy of argumentum imadumbass because blah blah blah - This website is dedicated to the broadening of our readers logical powers and...oops, didn't mean to copy that last part from the website that I found on google by typing in 'logical fallacy'".
Granted I've never seen you do something like this, Omega, but I do see it and it becomes a shit stain in every thread in which it happens, IMO.
Re: The art of debating
Originally posted by The Omega
I’m now on the verge of making a competition to see who can find the most logic fallacies in a post…
This actually sounds like fun. I'll throw in a practice exercise that's pretty easy for people to do.
What logical fallacy does the following argument commit (you actually hear this argument pretty often).
"IF YOU ALLOW GAY MARRIAGE THAN NEXT WE WILL ALLOW PEOPLE TO MARRY ANIMALS AND TREES AND TOASTERS AND CHILDREN AND CHAIRS AND WAFFLES, THUS WE CAN'T ALLOW GAY MARRIAGE!!!!!" (Posted in caps for the sake of parody).
Okay, Go!
Re: Re: The art of debating
Originally posted by BackFire
This actually sounds like fun. I'll throw in a practice exercise that's pretty easy for people to do.What logical fallacy does the following argument commit (you actually hear this argument pretty often).
"IF YOU ALLOW GAY MARRIAGE THAN NEXT WE WILL ALLOW PEOPLE TO MARRY ANIMALS AND TREES AND TOASTERS AND CHILDREN AND CHAIRS AND WAFFLES, THUS WE CAN'T ALLOW GAY MARRIAGE!!!!!" (Posted in caps for the sake of parody).
Okay, Go!
Argumentum Whatteh****ius, one fallacy.
Originally posted by The Omega
I love debating… and I love logic.
If you, my fellow KMC-debaters once in a while feel like banging your head against the wall, it may be because your opponent is wading in so called logic fallacies.This site offers an introduction to good debating and the logic fallacies, and is presented here for your general entertainment and use 😄
http://www.infidels.org/news/atheism/logic.htmlI’m now on the verge of making a competition to see who can find the most logic fallacies in a post…
I like debating. Especially when the topic is interesting.
Unless the person you're debating with relies on intangible proof and foolish tactics. *wishes Whirly were here*
http://www.shortpacked.com/d/20060405.html
= pure truth.
Originally posted by BackFire
"IF YOU ALLOW GAY MARRIAGE THAN NEXT WE WILL ALLOW PEOPLE TO MARRY ANIMALS AND TREES AND TOASTERS AND CHILDREN AND CHAIRS AND WAFFLES, THUS WE CAN'T ALLOW GAY MARRIAGE!!!!!" (Posted in caps for the sake of parody).Okay, Go!
Coool, a challenge... 😊
Well, first there's ad hoc. There is no proof to suggest that allowing gay marriage will lead to the allowance of people marrying their pets and kitchen utensils.
It also contains Audiatur et altera pars, namely the non-stated assumption that gay marraiges are BAD. There's the "slippery slope argument". (and indirectly the fallacy Argumentum ad nauseam. This is the incorrect belief that an assertion is more likely to be true, or is more likely to be accepted as true, the more often it is heard.)
😊
Originally posted by KharmaDog
O.K., could someone clear a debating order of procedure for me?At what point is it acceptable (or necessary) for one supposed to declare victory and post smilies and "owned" pics in a debate?
Never.
I'm not saying smilies shouldn't ever be used on a messageboard, but some posters (Whirly, Whob) use them to mask the fact that they're probably sitting there punching themselves in the face with frustration.
-AC
Here, I'll show you the true art of debate. Let me know if you've seen this before.
"Intelligent Design is a scientific theory because a bunch of false analogies, bad researchers say so at the following links:
Btw, any time you address my argument I will give you a witty misdirection! lol
💃 😆 😮💨
FIN"
To quote (to the best of my memory) Ricky Gervais:
"Christians believe Darwin was wrong and God created us and everything else. Why? It says so in the bible. 'And God created the Heaven and the Earth.' We don't have much more proof beyond 'I did it, trust me. It was me.' on his end. God avoids the details."
-AC
You know what's really funny about the website link in the first post? You read through all these logical fallacies, and then when you read the atheist arguments (Pro-God argument deconstructions?) They're full of the fallacies you just read about!
I bet that all of us have used a logical fallacy (probably more than one) at some point or another. Especially the straw man fallacy. Whob is a straw man so often.... what's a semi-intelligent guy supposed to do if he actually find's himself agreeing with the guy?
Originally posted by Alpha Centauri
I'm not saying smilies shouldn't ever be used on a messageboard, but some posters (Whirly, Whob) use them to mask the fact that they're probably sitting there punching themselves in the face with frustration.
Oh, I like that image. Part of its beauty is that it's so easy to imagine. Every time Whirly got into an argument, he'd start disappearing down the drain, then after a few back-and-forths out would come the simileys attached to the end of each pathetic 'rebuttal'. Good memories. So sad he's gone.
Whirly, if you're reading this as you masturbate...Hi! Hi you! Hi!