Re: [OT] Friday the 13th
On 02/11/2009 08:32 AM, Jack Schneider wrote:
On Wed, 11 Feb 2009 08:06:36 -0600
Ron Johnson <ron.l.johnson@cox.net> wrote:
On 02/11/2009 07:47 AM, Jack Schneider wrote:
[snip]
We are probably the only entities in the universe who spend so much
energy keeping track of the number of times our planet spins.
How bazaar!
How can you make such a comment when you have *no clue* as to what
any other entity does?
RE: "probably"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
probably
adv 1: with considerable certainty; without much doubt; "He is
probably out of the country"; "in all likelihood we are
headed for war" [syn: {probably}, {likely}, {in all
likelihood}, {in all probability}, {belike}]
2: easy to believe on the basis of available evidence; "he
talked plausibly before the committee"; "he will probably win
the election" [syn: {credibly}, {believably}, {plausibly},
{probably}] [ant: {implausibly}, {improbably}, {incredibly},
{unbelievably}]
Based on these definitions, your statement is a fallacy:
(Logic) An argument, or apparent argument, which professes
to be decisive of the matter at issue, while in reality it
is not; a sophism.
--
Ron Johnson, Jr.
Jefferson LA USA
Supporting World Peace Through Nuclear Pacification
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