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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: tejek who wrote (614307)	6/2/2011 2:01:44 PM
From: combjelly	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1571405

"In all his outlier/extremist positions, I don't think Tim has ever concluded he might be wrong despite the fact his positions don't always seem well thought out. " He is no worse than any winger in that regard. They all have their core beliefs and try to dress them up as much as possible. Since he has a new tactic of accusing others in engaging in logical fallacies, while not unexpectedly engaging in them himself. I will leave you with a couple of definitions... Ad nauseam is a Latin term used to describe an argument which has been continuing "to [the point of] nausea".[1] For example, the sentence, "This topic has been discussed ad nauseam", signifies that the topic in question has been discussed extensively, and that those involved in the discussion have grown tired of it. Appeal to probability: assumes that because something could happen, it is inevitable that it will happen. This is the premise on which Murphy's law is based. Proof by verbosity (argumentum verbosium, proof by intimidation): submission of others to an argument too complex and verbose to reasonably deal with in all its intimate details. (See also Gish Gallop and argument from authority.) Know any posters like this?