Wednesday, February 12, 2014

Fallacious Arguments


This picture/statement is a Reductive Fallacy. While yes, all dogs and cats are animals, that does not mean that a dog is a bunny, or a dog is a cat. While, we all (hopefully) know that dogs and cats are different, this fallacy, is trying to say that all animals are the same, which they aren't... by genetics, and otherwise.
As well as being a Reductive Fallacy this is also a Bad Analogy. This statement is saying that all dogs are animals, all cats are animals, therefore, all cats can be bunnies, because they are the same. Anyone, can tell that this cat is a cat, in a bunny costume. While cute, it does not make the cat a bunny. It makes the cat a cat in a bunny costume.
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If all guns are bad then taking away the right to own a gun will make the world safer.
As we all know, all guns are bad. Clearly. The gun itself is the thing that kills people. Obviously. So, anyone who thinks otherwise would be stupid to think that its the owner of the gun that kills people. So the obvious choice is to take away the right of all people to own a gun. If we say it's illegal, no one would DARE break a law. Right? Because OBVIOUSLY it's the gun that kills.


















Tuesday, February 4, 2014

Current Science Issues: Global Warming? It was -11 this morning!

"Current Science Issues: Global Warming? It was -11 this morning!: So, there's been huge talk for a long time about "global warming." I don't buy it. First, I woke up this morning to -11 ..."

While I do agree, that parts of Global Warming could be a money scam, I, myself, who is not a scientist, have found some evidence to prove that parts of global warming could be true.
While you stated that scientists are faking their facts, I have found scientific evidence that greenhouse gases have risen. This, is most likely caused by human actions such as overuse of transportation, and industries burning fossil fuels, and as well as from the chemical reactions. As well as that, I have found information, saying that global warming does not always mean that temperatures are increasingly rising. There can, and there is more than one thing going on that contribute to the idea of global warming. The information states that in the last decade, there has been both record high temperatures and record low temperatures. So that is one idea.
On the other hand, the side of me that wanted to dig a little deeper, because I believe, if you informed yourself, you could be right... I looked up some information. Sources also say, that maybe it isn't global warming, but... global cooling. In the last 10 years, record lows have been set, and now, scientists fear that we are on another trend. BUT! What I have found out, from a personal source (my grandma) and from the internet, is that the Earth heats and cools in cycles. When my grandmother was a teenager, the big scandal was indeed, global cooling, and now, it is global warming. So, it is plausible that global cooling, and global warming is real, but, the idea that it is VERY dangerous is not determined. My personal opinion, is that, global warming, and global cooling is not something set off by human actions, but is, indeed, a natural, Earthly cycle.



-Unicorn.

http://www.epa.gov/climatechange/ghgemissions/sources.html
http://grist.org/climate-energy/is-global-warming-really-slowing-down/
http://www.globalresearch.ca/global-cooling-is-here/10783