This is the first in my series on fighting fallacious arguments and the poor reasoning behind them. While visiting web forums, watching t.v, reading magazines or engaging in various other activities you have possibly encountered an argument that made no sense whatsoever, even so the perpetrator of said argument is often smugly secure in the "truth ( Read more... )

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There is a tendency in contemporary society for people to believe any story, no matter how absurd, if it is told in a cynical and conspiratorial enough manner. Thus, it becomes no surprise that when the “Tokyo Damage Report” released its specious fabrication “Interview with an ex-Visual kei record executive” many credulous readers were happy to lap ( Read more... )