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Part one is about how science works even when the public thinks it doesn't. Part two will certainly ruffle some feathers by offering a reason- and science-based perspective on issues where political correctness has gone awry. Part three provides some data-driven advice for your health and well-being. Part four looks at human behavior and how we can better navigate our social worlds. In part five we put on our skeptical goggles and critically examine a few commonly-held beliefs. In the final section, we look at a few ways how we all can make the world a better place.
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Sounds like equivocation on the Queen's part. "Every other day" is relative in a given week to a specific day. Since it's a general rule, we should be able to apply it to some sort of specific period (otherwise, it's a meaningless statement). So Alice is spot-on that eventually, 'every other day' will come to a given day - which, if the present day, would be 'today' - yet, the Queen rejects that and claims that the present day is somehow exempt from ever possibly being classified as the 'other day' previously referred to. When done in real life, it's usually someone being facetious. Here's another example: "They say one should do something nice for someone. I'm someone, so you should do something nice for me!" Here, we go from 'someone' being 'a person other than oneself' to 'a specific person' (thus equivocating terms). |
answered on Friday, Jul 16, 2021 09:02:53 PM by TrappedPrior (RotE) | |
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