Friday, January 13, 2006

The Rational Disclaimer:

The Rational Disclaimer:
See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Logical_fallacy
If I make a statement that can be interpreted in more than one way,
please choose the interpretation that makes the most sense. That is
the meaning I most likely intended. One can always find
an extreme interpretation that makes someone's words false.
If someone say, "x is y" without employing a universal quantifier,
don't assume it. "X is y" is shorthand, and can mean a lot of
different things. If someone says, "Blacks suffer from sickle cell
anemia," that does not mean that ALL blacks suffer from sickle cell
anemia or even that most blacks suffer from sickle cell anemia.
So, if I have not used the word "all" or "each and every" please do
not insert it yourself to make an absolute statement that is false.
This is a cowardly disingenuous tactic used by those don't care
about the truth

***DO NOT*** attribute to me any position that cannot
be deduced from my words using ***FORMAL*** logic. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Logic
If you make implications from my words that ***FORMAL*** logic does
not justify, you are most likely creating a strawman position.
This is a cowardly disingenuous tactic used by those don't care
about the truth. Don't make illogical implications.

Please do not paraphrase me, and then say the paraphrased
words are incorrect, implying that what I said is incorrect. If
you are going to say I am wrong, quote me ***exactly.*** I choose
my words with mathematical precision. If you change a word,
you change meaning. DON'T CHANGE MY WORDS, then
attribute these changed words to me, and claim them to be
false. Twisting and distorting another person's words is a
cowardly disingenuous tactic used by those don't care about
the truth.
Don't confuse or interchange words like "male" and "masculine,"
or "female" and "feminine."

DON'T MAKE UNFOUNDED ASSUMPTIONS.

DON'T REFUTE THAT WHICH HAS NOT BEEN ADVANCED.
This is a switch and bait tactic. If someone says "x is y,"
don't respond by saying, "z is not y," if "z" is not being discussed.

Just because "z" is not "y" does not mean that "x" can't be "y."
This is another cowardly disingenuous tactic used by those who
don't care about the truth to change the topic.
If you transgress, I will specify your transgression and hold it up
for all to see.

We need to differentiate and make subtle distinctions.
Generalizations apply to classes and groups, they do not
necessarily apply to individual members of a group.
We need to use generalizations correctly.

Do not insert the universal quantifier when it is not present in
the original text.

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