[lbo-talk] No Evidence ...

Brian Siano siano at mail.med.upenn.edu
Fri Sep 19 06:32:30 PDT 2003


On Fri, 19 Sep 2003 00:56:30 -0500, Shane Taylor <s-t-t at juno.com> wrote:


> martin schiller wrote:
>> And the best applications of logic are exhibited by
>> the PR professionals when they spin the reason to
>> excuse their employers - a 'fine' art.
>
> The best logic is found in PR.
> PR is spin.
> Therefore, the best logic is spin.
>
> AAA-1 The form is valid. <sigh> Oh well. That's that. Logic is
> professional bunk.

Poor example. Reason shows shows that the first statement is both questionable and unsupported.

It's not like saying "All men are mortal," which _is_ demonstrably true.

If you're going to try to dismiss logic, try to do so with proper logic, 'kay?



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