Friday, October 28, 2005
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Another found note

On the bus today I found an index card. Someone had written, in big, bold letters

LOGICLE
FALLACY

 I love the misspelling of "logical" (not unique to this particular instance) and have been pondering the purpose of the LOGICLE FALLACY card. Maybe it was part of a set, reflecting common errors of logic (others in the set might be AD HOMINUM [or AD HOMMINEM], BEGING THE QUESTION, CIRCULER ARGUMENT, FALSE ANNALOGY and so on). But there was nothing written on the back so it wasn't a flash card. Maybe it was part of something like a Buzzword Bingo set. I've been at a lot of academic talks in which scribbled notes are exchanged about the speaker's idiocy, ignorance or foolishness, but most of these are in, errrr, a more informal register. No, I think this card was intended for display. Woe betide anyone who tries to sneak a LOGICLE FALLACY past me from now on as I am ready for you.
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