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Annals of self-refutation
From Chuck Klosterman’s (a/k/a “The Ethicist”) smug response to an ethical question posed by “K.M.” of Holden, Massachusetts: I don’t think voicing your opinion falls anywhere on the ethical continuum … Ask [your two sons] if they’ve seriously considered the consequences of … Continue reading
“Crimes Against Logic”
That is the title of this fun little book by Jamie Whyte. (Thanks to Steven Landsburg for the pointer.) By the way, many of the logical fallacies exposed by Whyte are especially relevant to law and judging, such as his critique of “chaotic verbiage” (page … Continue reading
prior probability 