Tuesday, March 30, 2010

CST practice questions 1-13

1. C
2. A
3. D
4. A
5. C
6. A
7. B
8. B
9. D
10. B
11. A
12. D
13. D

Thursday, March 25, 2010

Mo money mo problems

The fastest way to make money would probably be to rob a bank or drug dealing (both of which are illegal). The best way to make money would be to get a job in the medical companies since there's always someone who's sick. Also, invest in stock with your spare money, it might pay off in the end. Old money are traditional wealthy people and new money are modern wealthy people.

Monday, March 22, 2010

Ben Stein (Logical Fallacies)

Ben Stein seems to be on the winning side in the Stein vs Dawkins youtube video.
there doesn't seem to be a lot of logical fallacies, but the whole "other civilizations brought us up" is highly skeptical.

Thursday, March 18, 2010

Intelligent Design

Intelligent Design is having a method where you are using proven facts and putting them in an order without any reasonable doubt.
Some of the arguments against evolution are how there is very little evidence supporting it and how its very skeptical on hows its described.

the creation theory with science is very different from intelligent design. many different theories and beliefs.

Wednesday, March 17, 2010

Logical Fallacies

- Logical Fallacies are reasonable mistaken beliefs that people have. in other words: reasonable deception.
- Ad hominem is an argument based on emotions, not logic.
- False causality: faking the reasoning of cause and effect or giving something an illegitimate cause.
- Red Herring: a clue that is intended to be misleading
- overgeneralization: to draw a conclusion that is more general than the evidence supplies.
- Bandwagon effect: something that becomes fashionable amongst a group of people.