Re: Why I was wrong about the nuclear option

Posted by Gillian Densmore on Dec 04, 2013; 7:56pm
URL: http://friam.383.s1.nabble.com/Why-I-was-wrong-about-the-nuclear-option-tp7584425p7584432.html

Mr. Thompson,

New-Clear options? In what context?

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Logic trap?
The logic trap that's popular in colleges goes about like: Gill is a human able obliterate concrete and kick ass in MMA, therefore all humans can kick ass in MMA and make short work of concrete.

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On Wed, Dec 4, 2013 at 10:46 AM, Nick Thompson <[hidden email]> wrote:

This reminded of our discussion about a year ago concerning the so-called “fallacy of induction”.  Do any of you know about grue and green.  Grue is a property of grass that it is green, just until you stop looking at it, at which point it turns blue.  The point is that every scrupulous observation of grass confirming that it is still green, is equally a confirmation that it is also grue.  “Absurd!”, you say, but only if you take for granted that the world is not the sort of place that changes on a dime.  And where else could you have learned that save by induction.  

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/wp/2013/12/04/why-i-was-wrong-about-the-nuclear-option/

Nick

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