Re: Who Killed the Australopithecines?
BARD (bard@netcom.com)
Sat, 22 Apr 1995 14:36:20 GMT
In article <3nah4b$7h9@newsbf02.news.aol.com>,
JoeBeaver <joebeaver@aol.com> wrote:
>BARD writes:
>
>>JoeBeaver <joebeaver@aol.com> wrote:
>
>>> Read my post again. You'll find that I did not make any such
>>>proclamation. Nonetheless, I do support such a hypothesis. Why? Ever
>>>heard of Occam's Razor?
>>>
>>> Joe Beaver
>>
>> __________________________________________
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>>
>> Whooaaa....!
>>
>>
>> Not so fast, Socrates....
>>
>> Ever hear of fallacious reasoning...?
>>
>> Your analogy doesn't work at all...
>>
>> Comparing death to genocide reminds
>> us of the child seeing a Kangaroo and
>> saying, "Mommy, mommy, look-- a giant mouse!"
>>
>> You really need to put Occam's Razor down until you learn
>> how to use it properly.
>>
>>
>> BARD
>
> Not so fast yourself, buddy. Yes, I've heard of fallacious
>reasoning. I wish I could accuse you of such, but since you don't present
>any attempts at reason of any sort--fallacious or otherwise--I can't. My
>analogy doesn't work? I'll admit it isn't all that good, but argument by
>analogy is always tricky--witness your kangaroo analogy. As for my
>learning to use Occam's Razor properly, I can see where that statement
>came from. My homicide-genocide analogy was an attempt to illustrate an
>application of Occam's Razor, not an attempt to apply it to the original
>point. I made the assumption (apparently incorrect) that you knew what
>Occam's Razor was. . .oh, well.
>
>
> I look forward to the next exchange.
>
> Joe Beaver
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Something's wrong here...
I cancelled the post your last post is a follow-up to.
It was written in haste on my way out the door.
There should be another in this group somewhere that
I wrote when I returned home.
If you don't mind, kindly respond to that one.
BARD
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