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Originally Posted by Doctordick
If anyone here finds fault with my arguments, please make your complaints clear.
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What argument?... That was a manual...
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A further problem with logical thought is that the number of specific steps in the process cannot be excessive as we must be consciously aware of each step.
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You did not just say that! Look at your own post!
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Originally Posted by Doctordick
What I am getting at is the fact that logical thought is actually a rather worthless endeavor when it comes to life and death decisions. It is often much better to "go with your gut"; let it be a squirrel decision. In fact, in the absence of mathematics, logical decisions are so limited as to be almost entirely inapplicable to any day to day activities.
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So.... What you were getting at didn't even have anything to with the Title of the Thread... Well, that was rational
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However, when a problem can be approached with math and logic, one can be quite sure of the absolute validity of their conclusions. Well, "absolute" to a certain extent: it is possible that an important factor was omitted or that some axiom thought to be true is, in fact, false.
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Wait, wait, wait... what does absolute mean, again?
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Well, I had been hoping for an intelligent response to this thread. It has been over a month since I posted and only seventy nine people have even read it so I guess I shouldn't be surprised.
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Well, congratulations... You got a very tired, *YAWN*, seventeen year old boy to read through a small novel that I thought contradicted itself on several occassions
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The fact that so few people have even taken the trouble to look appears to imply that "Defining the nature of rational discussion" isn't an issue held in high regard here. That is too bad as it is actually the veritable key to understanding the universe. So I will respond to the only reply on the thread in the fond hope that further responses might occur. 
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I do believe many people hold this in high regard, but many people probably don't want to read a manual on something most of us already feel we are capable of doing... Holding a rational discussion.
I was also faintly reminded of the thread "How can Telepathy be Possible in Perspective of Science", by your first post.
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The issue I tried to communicate is the difference between beliefs and deductions.
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Failed miserably in my case
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Sorry for these quick replies... But I really am tired, I would wait until tomorrow... But I'd probably remember how much time I spent last night copying and pasting and quoting and reading and replying... and eventually get to exasperated and never reply, so this is what you got
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Moving on
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What I was trying to point out is that, anytime we lose sight of the verifiable issue, we are blinding ourselves to the possibility of error.
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I think I lost sight of the issue after one third of the first post.... wonder how many times I've erred since then
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I never said I had no interest in explaining things. What I was trying to communicate is...
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Dr. dick, your posts are long (EXTREMELY
), use proper English, and I have yet to find a single spelling error
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Buffy's turn
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Originally Posted by Buffy
Well, one piece of advice: even smart people have short attention spans,...
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I'm right here
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CURSE YOU BUFFY!
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...and the length of your initial post in combination with the lack of a summary of your thesis in the first paragraph probably lost a lot of people early on.
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Couldn't have said it better myself
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...now that I've read it, it seems to be a bit on the "obvious" side, so I think a lot of people may have had few "complaints" so didn't bother to respond, or like Q, ended up with what you might have considered a somewhat flip response.
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I felt the same way... where was the "argument" he spoke of?...
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If you really want to get into an argument here (or anywhere else for that matter) you've got to say something controversial, and yes, do say it in the first sentence, or better yet the title....
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TAKE NOTES!!! You definitely missed this part
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...Read over many more lengthy posts... Hey! Another one by Doctordick
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Sorry for the length of my posts. It is no more than an attempt to be clear. I can see so many ways my comments can be misinterpreted I try to cover all the bases. In the end, the readers usually misinterpret me anyway. I guess I am just not a decent writer. But I try!
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Suggestions above
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In my life, I have never met anyone who's mind I would condescend to rank superior to my own. I was always told that intelligence was a measure of one's ability to solve problems: i.e., if two people know exactly the same things, the more intelligent one can do more with it. Think about that. Considering what the top people know, why is it that most of the breakthroughs are accomplished by youngsters? Now is that controversial enough for you Buffy? If you have a good answer for that one I would like to hear it. I have one; a very specific answer. 
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So... essentially you measure "intelligence" based on knowledge and creativity/ingenuity?... FINALLY, we agree on something
. I find that last part to be rather flattering, thanks
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You know what?.... I'm too tired to finish... seriously
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I'll get back to this tomorrow, starting at post number 9, after your third quote from Buffy... SO TIRED!!! NEED SLEEP
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Well, good night all
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