There’s a lot of news about Russians hacking the American election. By publishing e-mails from the Democratic campaign, they have manipulated and in the end delivered the victory to Donald Trump. Except, I don’t think that’s the whole truth. I think that trying to blame “the Russians” is a big mistake and might even lead […]
In logic, there’s a law called tertium non datur. The English name of the law is “the law of the excluded middle” The law states that any statement is either true or false.
If we combine this with the logical fallacy false dichotomy, and the notion of substitution, many arguments actually rely on tertium non datur. […]
I hope Donald Trump wins the US election and here’s why: First, he’s a ton more fun than Hillary. He’d make politics much more amusing than some boring politician that’s pretty much a continuation of the Obama regime and Clinton regime in one. Second, it doesn’t matter who’s actually in office; Obama has had a hostile […]
I was contemplating a more trolling headline like “socialism is religion” or “liberalism is religion,” but realized it was too click-baity and I couldn’t be bothered to make two copies of the post with each headline to really reel in those sweet sweet clicks. Just imagine it says something really offensive to you. Long ago, I […]
There’s an old joke Would you sleep with me for a million euros? Hmmm, ok. Would you sleep with me for €100? No, what kind of person do you think I am? A prostitute? We’ve already established that. Now, we’re just arguing about the price. The case between Apple and FBI has nothing to do with […]
In high-school every assignment puts up two opposites and ask you to categorize the real world into either of the two boxes. The correct answer is always the secret option 3: a bit in-between the two (preferably leaning towards the orientation of your teacher). Always. To immediately ruin the mood of this entire post and […]