05-20-2012, 01:25 PM
(This post was last modified: 05-20-2012, 01:55 PM by Tenet Nosce.)
(05-20-2012, 02:53 AM)Pickle Wrote:Quote:The truth stands quite solidly on its own two feet, and does not need to be propped up with prosthetic limbs.Logical fallacy to say anything stands up against consensus reality.
Quote:4. Hide your conclusion from your opponent until the end.I must say this is awesome LoL!
Mingle your premises here and there in your talk.
Get your opponent to agree to them in no definite order.
By this circuitous route you conceal your goal until you have reached all the admissions necessary to reach your goal.
Soooo.. would you agree that consensus reality is little more than a mass delusion?
(05-20-2012, 08:29 AM)ShinAr Wrote: defeat logical fallacies with illogical altruisms.
"The half truth is the most dangerous form of lie because it can be defended in part by incontestable logic." - Manly P. Hall
I wish I could half like your post! What is an "illogical altruism"?
Also, I failed to mention one of the most salient points in relation to this. I'm fairly sure that the deployment of logical fallacies is one of the cornerstone tactics of STS to deceive and manipulate humanity into accepting enslavement. Generally under the aegis of some proposed law or social program that appears, on the surface, to be for the greater good of all. From classrooms to the teevee, from sportscasting to weekly sermons- people are groomed at every turn to accept logical fallacies as valid thought processes.
Then... when the latest cog in the perpetual enslavement wheel is launched, people are primed and ready to accept it. And even when those few who see through the manipulation speak up, they are invariably turned on by the masses as rabid dogs.
So, the difference here between "STO" and "STS" would be that "STO" often deploys logical fallacy because they simply don't know any better, and are themselves hoodwinked to a degree. "STS" uses logical fallacy knowing full well what they are doing, and with a clear intent to deceive and manipulate.
Therefore, if one is interested in maximizing "positive polarization" and minimizing "negative manipulation", it would again behoove oneself to get educated on logical fallacy.