Tuesday, December 21, 2010

Badness on the web #8- Take that, Science!!

Hear ye, hear ye.

Disclaimer:

One would hate to see this blog enter the ugly waters of debates over high and low culture, the merits of science versus religion or the like /disclaimer.

That said, sometimes, I see something that so awesomely leaves the realm of rhetoric that one must respect the sheer insanity of it. This Op Ed below bears the hallmarks, not so much of bad argument (though the straw men, appeals to authority and reasoning by analogy are clearly present), as it just plum this brings into question the ability of the author to reason... at any rate, please enjoy this bit o' the lovely:



Hint: when a cat walking on a keyboard can be as effective as a human typing 'thoughts' in the "composing correspondence that makes a lick of sense" Olympics, it may be time make some alteration... just sayin'.

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