Re: [OT] Friday the 13th
On Wed, 11 Feb 2009 09:12:21 -0600
Ron Johnson <ron.l.johnson@cox.net> wrote:
> 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.
>
>
1/6,759,846,988
Jack
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