Re: [OT] Friday the 13th
On Wed, Feb 11, 2009 at 09:12:21AM -0600, Ron Johnson 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"
> probably
> 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.
Based on these definitions, Jack's original statement seems accurate to
me:
It is easy to believe on the basis of available evidence that we are the
only entities in the universe who spend so much energy keeping track of
the number of times our planet spins.
--
Dave Sherohman
NomadNet, Inc.
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