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RE: How To Debate On The Internet - Common Types of Logical Fallacies - Part 2
Nice article. Greatest collection of such material I have seen.
I'll merely point out that not all arguments are exercises in logic. In fact, most are not won that way.
And in the case of faith, I suspect that very few people have been saved by flawless logic. Some things are spiritually discerned.
Spock: [after T'Pring has explained her actions] Logical. Flawlessly logical.
T'Pring: I am honored.
Spock: Stonn, she is yours. After a time, you may find that having is not so pleasing a thing after all as wanting. It is not logical, but it is often true.
-- Original Star Trek - Amok Time - 1967
(Appeal to famous celebrity. I'm not a logical thinker but I play one on TV)
Nice quote :-)
I just can't stand Spock... nothing logical about the things he says most of the time. :p