In My Ongoing War...
May. 25th, 2006 03:23 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
daveon...against Bloggers who represent themselves as being more honest and truthful than the "MSM"- I came across this nuget attacking Al Gore.
Many years ago I was given a copy of a Watchtower publication on Evolution from a JW who happened to make the mistake of knocking on my door when I was prepared to engage him in discussion. Like this article, many of the "facts" presented in the publication were technically true - however, the context in which the "fact" was used rendered it meaningless.
Likewise, the article from TCS manages to "rubbish" Al Gore by referring to out of date research, make spurious connections and leap to a number of conclusions which can't be drawn. It's worth reading it, if only for the first fact. An appeal to a study from the early 1990s which concluded that there wasn't enough data to draw a conclusion...
Gosh. Really?
Well, sadly, the early 1990s were quite a long time ago. I wish they weren't, but that's time travel for you.
Many years ago I was given a copy of a Watchtower publication on Evolution from a JW who happened to make the mistake of knocking on my door when I was prepared to engage him in discussion. Like this article, many of the "facts" presented in the publication were technically true - however, the context in which the "fact" was used rendered it meaningless.
Likewise, the article from TCS manages to "rubbish" Al Gore by referring to out of date research, make spurious connections and leap to a number of conclusions which can't be drawn. It's worth reading it, if only for the first fact. An appeal to a study from the early 1990s which concluded that there wasn't enough data to draw a conclusion...
Gosh. Really?
Well, sadly, the early 1990s were quite a long time ago. I wish they weren't, but that's time travel for you.
