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4021 [lbo-talk] Appeal to Ignorance -- rank: 149

I would suggest that the burden is on anybody who: (1) makes an assertion; and (2) wants to persuade another person to accept it as true. It doesn't matter if the assertion is probable or improbable, positive or negative. It's the act of persuasion that creates the burden. (And ...

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Author:	J. Tyler
Date:	Thu Jun 2 15:38:58 PDT 2005

4022 [lbo-talk] Appeal to Ignorance -- rank: 149

>[lbo-talk] Appeal to Ignorance >Chris Doss lookoverhere1 at yahoo.com >Thu Jun 2 11:30:29 PDT 2005 <snip> >>In the case of (A), positive evidence for a categorically >>metaphysical entity, strictly speaking, cannot be provided, and >>claims for positive evidence for its manifestations in nature are >>either easily ...

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Author:	Yoshie Furuhashi
Date:	Thu Jun 2 12:30:21 PDT 2005

4023 [lbo-talk] Biology vs. Sociobiology: Big Breasts and Bonsai -- rank: 149

>[lbo-talk] Biology vs. Sociobiology: Father's Milk >Jim Devine jdevine03 at gmail.com >Thu Jun 2 10:30:03 PDT 2005 <snip> >One of the questions that sociobiology or crude Darwinism (which >stresses natural selection über alles) can't answer is why women >have large breasts -- because the size ...

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Author:	Yoshie Furuhashi
Date:	Thu Jun 2 12:19:49 PDT 2005

4024 [lbo-talk] Appeal to Ignorance -- rank: 149

>>What's an improbable claim? That all depends on the prevailing >>level of credulity among the given populace. After all, some >>people buy almost anything -- from penis-enhancing pills, alien >>abduction stories, Elvis sightings, 9/11 conspiracy theories, to >>God. :-> > >oh, come on, yoshie. that's a cop-out in ...

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Author:	Yoshie Furuhashi
Date:	Thu Jun 2 11:07:26 PDT 2005

4025 [lbo-talk] Biology vs. Sociobiology: Father's Milk -- rank: 149

>>Dr. Miriam Stoppard, author of "The Breast Book," agrees with >>Darwin that male nipples are more than rudimentary, cheerfully >>suggesting that "men could develop fully functional breasts given >>the right hormonal conditions." >> >>That's right. If men would just submit themselves to an intense >>barrage of hormone therapy, affecting every ...

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Date:	Thu Jun 2 09:17:37 PDT 2005

4026 [lbo-talk] Biology vs. Sociobiology -- rank: 149

>[lbo-talk] Why think sociobiologically (at least sometimes) >andie nachgeborenen andie_nachgeborenen at yahoo.com >Thu Jun 2 07:27:20 PDT 2005 <snip> >Because sociobiology offers a powerful if partial explanation of >various aspects of human behavior. It doesn't have much much to >contribute to an understanding of ...

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Author:	Yoshie Furuhashi
Date:	Thu Jun 2 08:29:50 PDT 2005

4027 [lbo-talk] Appeal to Ignorance -- rank: 149

>[lbo-talk] Appeal to Ignorance (Rushdie: Just give me that old-time atheism!) >Jim Devine jdevine03 at gmail.com >Tue May 31 06:51:43 PDT 2005 <snip> >Yoshie: >>Jim Devine commits a divine logical fallacy here called "Appeal to >>Ignorance: <http://www.fallacyfiles.org/ignorant.html>. The burden >>of ...

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Author:	Yoshie Furuhashi
Date:	Wed Jun 1 21:24:32 PDT 2005

4028 [lbo-talk] Republicans see opportunity in split -- rank: 149

Michael Pollak wrote: >To be fair to the Dem side, the chaos Justin described was not due >to uncoordinated GOTV machine -- it was chaos generated by the >Republican's voter suppression tactics strafing us. Well, not exactly. The whole Dem operation in Columbus sounded like what the Italians call a "casino ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Thu Jul 28 12:18:57 PDT 2005

4029 [lbo-talk] Bloomberg -- rank: 149

... to Ralph "capitalism's-okay-we-just-need-small businesses" Nader? Miles

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Author:	Miles Jackson
Date:	Sat Jul 23 20:48:56 PDT 2005

4030 [lbo-talk] New German Left Party Overtakes Greens -- rank: 149

Gar Lipow writes: >This is interesting. [The formation of the new Left Party in >Germany.] Any one have a feel for what this coalition represents? Are >they just using radical rhetoric to sell a variation >on the same-old, or are they "left" in a meaningful way compared to >the social ...

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Author:	Paul
Date:	Wed Jul 20 06:58:10 PDT 2005

4031 [lbo-talk] dastardly UN/French scheme to screw Americans & subsidize socialists! -- rank: 149

CONTACT: To schedule an interview with Cliff Kincaid, call: Special Guests/Jerry McGlothlin or Amy Johnson, 630-848-0750. U.N. TRILLION DOLLAR TAX ON U.S. CITIZENS PROPOSED "A Most Unpatriotic Assault on Americans" --Kincaid WASHINGTON, DC (July 4, 2005) - As the Group of Eight most industrialized nations prepares to ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Mon Jul 4 10:04:49 PDT 2005

4032 [lbo-talk] Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's Face -- rank: 149

>[lbo-talk] The Afghan War as a "Loss Leader" >Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com >Sun Jul 3 09:19:22 PDT 2005 <snip> >Michael Pugliese wrote: >>Re: Ahmadinejad. >>Too busy in '79 beating up leftists and communists according to >>news stories past few days. >>But, since he's "anti ...

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Author:	Yoshie Furuhashi
Date:	Sun Jul 3 10:47:37 PDT 2005

4033 [lbo-talk] For the Poor in Iran, Voting Was About Making Ends Meet -- rank: 149

>[lbo-talk] The Afghan War as a "Loss Leader" >Michael Pugliese michael.098762001 at gmail.com >Sat Jul 2 16:53:23 PDT 2005 <snip> >Re: Ahmadinejad. >Too busy in '79 beating up leftists and communists according to news >stories past few days. >But, since he's "anti-imperialist" and ...

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Author:	Yoshie Furuhashi
Date:	Sun Jul 3 09:13:03 PDT 2005

4034 [lbo-talk] The Afghan War as a "Loss Leader" -- rank: 149

>Chris Doss wrote: > >>BTW that Moscow, Delhi, Beijing and Teheran should all view a US >>presence in the region as being preferable to continued Taliban >>control of Afghanistan says something about how dangerous they >>perceived the Taliban as being.> > >I agree with Chris. However, it's more than Taliban control ...

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Author:	Yoshie Furuhashi
Date:	Sat Jul 2 16:21:56 PDT 2005

4035 [lbo-talk] 5 Point Plan for Book Marketing (The Bradich 10 Point Plan) -- rank: 149

>[lbo-talk] The Bradich 10 Point Plan >Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com >Sat Jul 2 13:32:46 PDT 2005 <snip> >Chuck0 wrote: > >>I think you make several valid points, but Carrol makes a better >>argument about strategy. We can't defeat Fox News and the right >>wing by ...

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Author:	Yoshie Furuhashi
Date:	Sat Jul 2 14:54:56 PDT 2005