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mikeB on October 20, 2005 - 8:15am

Excuse me, but your logic is--shall we say--fucked.

"There's a lot we can't explain about Ophelia. Therefore, she was guided by a ray gun."

Argument to ignorance, which is a FALLACY.

http://skepdic.com/ignorance.html

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paradox on October 20, 2005 - 3:48pm

Especially when you give on yourself the right to put words in my mouth. Did I talk about a ray gun? In any post?

Look deep.

I'm trying to open your eyes to a reality but you fling the skepdic at me. Ultimately, skepticism leads to mental abortion.

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drew on October 21, 2005 - 8:22am

If you desire to speak of LOGIC, then referring to a Ray Gun is a STRAWMAN argument. It is a contrived misrepresentation. People here (and anywhere) then put faith into the strawman without a proper inquiry...choosing ingnorance.

Being willfully ignorant is anyone's choice, of course. I respect those who admit they don't want to know. Admitting it is better than standing behind a strawman.

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sekiyu on October 22, 2005 - 1:35am

Hang on there. We are being shown images of hurricanes allegedly manipulated by some sort of electromagnetic force targeted by a device. That describes a ray gun. And if that conclusion is incorrect, then the proponents of the manipulated hurricane theory can fill us in on the missing details, a hole wider than Wilma's eye. At present, all we have from them are suggestions that pretty much indicate they're talking about a ray gun (keep in mind that a gun can be an enormous device). You can't build a strawman argument if the other side is only blowing hot air.

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