Critical Thinking Mini-Lessons.
Induction and deduction, logical fallacies, etc.
The Wason Card Problem was new to me, but I got it right. Although I bet that if I had never studied logic I would have gotten it wrong.
I caught her on a park bench, making out with a *chaos* demon! Have you ever seen a chaos demon? They're all slime and antlers.
Spike ,'Sleeper'
What Happens in Natter 35 Stays in Natter 35
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
tommyrot - May 10, 2005 9:08:10 am PDT #2783 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Frankenbuddha - May 10, 2005 9:11:26 am PDT #2784 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Is it just me? The photo of Willy Wonka standing behind Anakin Skywalker just kills me....
Who knew that when they said "the dark side" they meant "of chocolate".
Steph L. - May 10, 2005 9:11:44 am PDT #2785 of 10001
I look more rad than Lutheranism
The Wason Card Problem was new to me, but I got it right.
Okay, what was the answer? I started reading the explanation, but it just went on and on and on and on in that Far Side "blah blah blah blah blah blah blah Rover blah blah blah blah Rover blah blah" way.
Was it A and 7?
tommyrot - May 10, 2005 9:12:59 am PDT #2786 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Was it
Yes. A cookie for Teppy!
Steph L. - May 10, 2005 9:13:52 am PDT #2787 of 10001
I look more rad than Lutheranism
Yes. A cookie for Teppy!
W00t!!! I am Logic Woman!
§ ita § - May 10, 2005 9:16:07 am PDT #2788 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Is BoingBoing trendy? Cutting edge? Required for hanging around the water cooler? Or about to be over?
Jessica - May 10, 2005 9:33:46 am PDT #2789 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Things That Don't Exist, in handy list form!
The Wason Card Problem was new to me, but I got it right.
Me too. But I'd done similar problems in logic before.
sumi - May 10, 2005 9:48:39 am PDT #2790 of 10001
Art Crawl!!!
Zellweger-Chesney wedding picture. It's part of a yahoo slide show, so I hope this link works.
Emily - May 10, 2005 9:53:41 am PDT #2791 of 10001
"In the equation E = mc⬧, c⬧ is a pretty big honking number." - Scola
Hey, uh, anyone else having trouble with Hotmail? It's either asking me for my birthdate or not recognizing my password (in which case Netscape pops up a warning about the certificate being bad).
§ ita § - May 10, 2005 9:59:37 am PDT #2792 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Okay, sparked by something I saw elsewhere: Do most guys care if women are keeping in shape for aesthetics, wearing makeup, nice clothes, tweezing brows, shaving legs, dressing hair?
Or do women do it to and for themselves?