"If people are good only because they fear punishment, and hope for reward, then we are a sorry lot indeed."

-Albert Einstein, physicist, Nobel laureate (1879-1955)

Thursday, September 17, 2009

The Fallacy Files

Yep, it's a website dedicated to recognizing, cataloguing, and poking some fun at the various fallacies - that is, arguments that use poor reasoning (and/or fail to use good reasoning). You'll probably find it helpful in completing your homework sheet for tomorrow; you'll certainly find some of the examples funny.

Word of the day: schadenfreude.

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