Comments on The Skeptic's Field Guide: WTF? Fallacy of the year

Spooked 911 is a barrel of laughs. Have you seen ...

2006-07-22T04:35:00.000+10:00

Spooked 911 is a barrel of laughs. Have you seen his experiment where he proved a wooden plane could not have crashed into a wooden World Trade Center? Not to be missed!

Pat from Screw Loose Change

this is great stuff, but the world is scary dumb. ...

2006-07-21T09:32:00.000+10:00

this is great stuff, but the world is scary dumb.

the best pseudo-science bashing i've read is at WhoHasTimeForThis.blogspot.com--check out the posts under Superstition.

Invincible ignorance argument. Catchy. I like it.

2006-07-11T16:14:00.000+10:00

Invincible ignorance argument. Catchy. I like it.

A C- for a student at a "special" school perhaps. ...

2006-07-11T11:44:00.000+10:00

A C- for a student at a "special" school perhaps.

Or has he suffered a severe TBI?

I was going to post something along the lines of:<...

2006-07-11T11:24:00.000+10:00

I was going to post something along the lines of:

“C- minus is a bit harsh, Theo.

After all, our esteemed 'colleague' here has at least designed an experiment:

1) stated his aim;
2) stated his hypothesis (correctly as well i.e. his null hypothesis in the negative);
3) stated his results; and
4) discussed his results.

Despite the fact that his experimental design is completely flawed (for example, he has completely ignored the effects of SCALE wrt the materials' relative strengths and the forces placed upon them), he put his experiment out there for public comment, as a scientist should…..etc.”

…Then I realised that you edited it into that format.

F (and bring on his parents, they obviously need to be euthanised/sterilised ASAP in order to avoid spreading their genes for credulousness any further into the human genepool).

L>T, I call it the 'invincible ignorance...

2006-07-11T10:07:00.000+10:00

L>T, I call it the 'invincible ignorance' argument, though I believe Humbuggers Snr & Jr refer to it as 'simple-minded certitude'.

I guess I can't lump Bigfoot & abductions ...

2006-07-11T06:43:00.000+10:00

I guess I can't lump Bigfoot & abductions by space aliens with conspiracy theorys.
They are all annoying, though.

That was a really interesting link because of the ...

2006-07-11T02:13:00.000+10:00

That was a really interesting link because of the ensuing discussion. Noticing how people support their own arguments & dispute others was a lot of fun.

As far as his experment having any merit, I also say WTF? Conspiracy theorys are annoying to me, anyway. The whole concept of conspiracy theory annoys me. This is just the type of B.S. they put out that annoys me.

All a person should have to do is watch one of those stupid TV shows that try to make Bigfoot or alien abductions plausable & spend 1/2 hour listening to a late night radio talk show host (that plays eerie music & interveiws insane people) to see what a bunch of crap it all is.

As soon as a person says I believe in_______(fill in the blank)they've usually decided it is true, based on choosing to believe it.
I call that the Christian argument, tho it works for space aliens, bigfoot, etc...

What do you call that kind of argument?