tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7164603649660539619.post23131105046092918..comments2023-12-15T03:43:21.347-05:00Comments on Somewhat Abnormal: Radford's RuleRobert Oerterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09708981993708509662noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7164603649660539619.post-28318079145244125652012-01-16T08:18:57.384-05:002012-01-16T08:18:57.384-05:00Right, there are much bigger problems with his who...Right, there are much bigger problems with his whole post than the fallacious "syllogism." I thought Julia Lavarnway did a good job of pointing them out in the original post on SkeptiXX. I was just astonished that, even when his faulty logic was pointed out to him, he continued to insist he was right. But then, if he can write with a straight face that blue has been a boy color for "millennia," maybe I'm expecting too much of him....Robert Oerterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09708981993708509662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7164603649660539619.post-83194879340154233782012-01-15T09:50:21.508-05:002012-01-15T09:50:21.508-05:00I think the first problem is that he starts with u...I think the first problem is that he starts with unproven assumptions and plain falsehoods.<br />First of all, most girls play with dolls and most things girls play with are dolls are not the same. I ran his logic past my husband without mentionig anything else:<br />-"1) Most things girls play with are dolls"<br />* Whut? That's not true, at least not for ours.<br /><br />-" 2) Most dolls are pink things"<br />* No, they're not. I mixed dye for 10 years, I know what pink looks like.<br /><br />-" 3) Therefore, most things girls play with are pink."<br />*You lost me there.Giliellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17863240646094904253noreply@blogger.com