Deep Thought of the Day

[RickD]

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[Kurieuo]

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[Jac3510]

Thursday, June 2

How to always hit your target: shoot first, and whatever you hit, say it was your target.

[RickD]

Thursday, June 2

How to always hit your target: shoot first, and whatever you hit, say it was your target.

Now that's gun control.

[Jac3510]

Friday, June 3

According to Boethius (Topica 6): “[argument from] authority is the weakest kind of proof."

[Nessa]

Then you are wise indeed, Rick. What I'm lost on is why Nessa deleted her post. :-\

She deletes posts quite a bit. Must be that whole "women have the right to change their minds" thing.

It's kinda disturbing that though I've deleted alot of posts, I still managed to rack up 2000 posts within 11months of being here

[RickD]

According to Boethius (Topica 6): “[argument from] authority is the weakest kind of proof."

I have no idea what this even means. But somehow I find the post hilarious! Is it some kind of philosophy geek joke?

[Hortator]

According to Boethius (Topica 6): “[argument from] authority is the weakest kind of proof."

That seems like a "might makes right" argument. Which is true that it is a weak form of legitimacy.

Also Boethius is now the coolest Latin name I have heard.

[Jac3510]

According to Boethius (Topica 6): “[argument from] authority is the weakest kind of proof."

I have no idea what this even means. But somehow I find the post hilarious! Is it some kind of philosophy geek joke?

It is -- I stole it from Aquinas. It showed something of a very dry sense of humor on his part. He's appealing to the authority of Boethius to prove that arguments from authority are very weak.

According to Boethius (Topica 6): “[argument from] authority is the weakest kind of proof."

That seems like a "might makes right" argument. Which is true that it is a weak form of legitimacy.

Also Boethius is now the coolest Latin name I have heard.

Sort of - might makes right is a very specific subset of authority, in which you are appealing to force. The vast majority of time, that's a logical fallacy. An appeal to authority is far less likely to be a fallacy -- just very weak in terms of proof. It may be the best we have in some case, and it's better than nothing at all (and certainly better than a mere objection from incredulity), but of all arguments, it's the weakest. And we know that's true because Boethius has an awesome name and he said so!

[Jac3510]

Saturday, June 4

Tell jokes to entertain yourself, not others. That way, if no one else is laughing, at least you are enjoying yourself.

[RickD]

Saturday, June 4

Tell jokes to entertain yourself, not others. That way, if no one else is laughing, at least you are enjoying yourself.

That's my motto.

At least I can make myself laugh.

[Jac3510]

I stole it from you.

Just like I stole this thread from you.

[RickD]

I stole it from you.

Just like I stole this thread from you.

Touché.

[Jac3510]

We can share it.