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Logical Fallacies Are Fun
A Reader wrote "Being good smart people, you're constructing a series of rationales that justify this behavior."
Yup, we sure did! The thing is, this "criticism" applies to all the cases where we are right and explain why, in addition to applying to the cases A Reader intended. So, it applies regardless of whether we are right or wrong, and thus hasn't got any content as a criticism.
But I suppose I'm just rationalising...
-- Elliot Temple
http://curi.blogspot.com/