The Thread Killer

Originally posted by @apathist
Would you please go explore logical fallacies, so maybe you could stop sounding so stupid.

Back to those again? “Logical fallacies” are what InterWeb folks trot out when they wanna sound intelligent. Ain’t gonna work with me, hombre.

Originally posted by @romans1009
... killed herself ...

Ouch. One of the very worst things I ever met was a boy killed himself and mom found him.

Originally posted by @romans1009
Back to those again? “Logical fallacies” are what InterWeb folks trot out when they wanna sound intelligent. Ain’t gonna work with me, hombre

You don't like critical thinking?

Originally posted by @apathist
Ouch. One of the very worst things I ever met was a boy killed himself and mom found him.

Yeah, that sounds terrible. The girl I was talking about killed herself by carbon monoxide poisoning. Turned on a car in a closed garage and just let it run. Don’t know who found her.

Haven’t thought about her in quite a while.

Originally posted by @romans1009
Conventional wisdom? Yeah, that’s never wrong.

I'm wondering how you could tell.

Originally posted by @apathist
I'm wondering how you could tell.

Conventional wisdom said Hillary Clinton would be elected president. We know how that turned out.

But I mostly can tell when conventional wisdom is wrong by listening to the news and people on the news predicting something that doesn’t happen, despite their experts and polls claiming it’s a sure thing.

Originally posted by @romans1009
Conventional wisdom said Hillary Clinton would be elected president. We know how that turned out.

But I mostly can tell when conventional wisdom is wrong by listening to the news and people on the news predicting something that doesn’t happen, despite their experts and polls claiming it’s a sure thing.

You evaded the question. How do you figure out how to think?

Originally posted by @apathist
...How do you figure out how to think?

That sounded pretty stupid.

Originally posted by @romans1009
Conventional wisdom said Hillary Clinton would be elected president. We know how that turned out.

But I mostly can tell when conventional wisdom is wrong by listening to the news and people on the news predicting something that doesn’t happen, despite their experts and polls claiming it’s a sure thing.

You haven't tried to figure out how you come to conclusions?

Originally posted by @apathist
You evaded the question. How do you figure out how to think?

You asked how I could tell conventional wisdom was wrong and I answered you. I didn’t evade anything. If you meant to ask a different question, that’s not on me.

Originally posted by @apathist
You haven't tried to figure out how you come to conclusions?

The same way everyone else does, I guess. Intelligence and experience. Intuition probably fits in somewhere too as does fact gathering and hearing differing points of view.

Originally posted by @romans1009
You asked how I could tell conventional wisdom was wrong and I answered you. I didn’t evade anything. If you meant to ask a different question, that’s not on me.

You did not reject critical thinking?

Originally posted by @apathist
You did not reject critical thinking?

Are you being Lucy Obtusey on purpose?

Originally posted by @romans1009
The same way everyone else does, I guess. Intelligence and experience. Intuition probably fits in somewhere too as does fact gathering and hearing differing points of view.

Good answer. But isn't there a system?

[i]Originally posted by @romans1009
Are you being Lucy Obtusey on purpose?

I vote no. How about you?