Dead Programmer's Cafe

Tag: Reason

  • Not The Sandwich Kind

    It’s that time — new inductions into Deadprogrammer’s Hall Of Heroes.

    Ellen Ullman
    site: http://archive.salon.com/21st/feature/1997/10/09interview.html
    Reason: For being close to the Machine

    Andrew Prihodko
    Site: http://prihodko.com/
    Reason : for being able to get great ideas and do something about them.

  • Vomitorium

    I encounter many lj-users whose posts make me want to vomit in horror. Some just annoy me. Some annoy or horrify me enough to get into a discussion. My belief is that such arguments will better my reasoning skills

    I noticed that , , and read certain journals just for this annoyance or horrification factor. And sometimes their posts bait me into getting involved in pointless debates with other lj users.

    I think I know how to get a bit better at this loosely sport of arguing. A very intelligent friend of mine recommended this book called “Attacking Faulty Reasoning“. It seems very promising.

    Circular reasoning, semantical ambiguity, missing the point, appeal to the gallery, appeal to force or threat, appeal to tradition, distortion, attacking a straw, resort to humor or ridicule. These are just some of the chapters in the book, and I’ve seen most of those in livejournal arguments. Heck, in fact, I am guilty of most of them!