Hi-de-hi, campers! Hope everything is tickety-boo in your bit of the world?
Anyhoo, on with the show...
Muffin just came up with an interesting little word-combo in his last enlightening post.
"critical thinking requires analysis"
Would melloheads tend to agree that real analysis can only come about by taking on board all possibly relevant information, and not by conveniently ignoring those bits which make them uncomfortable?
FSM's, IPU's and chocolate teapots orbiting far-off planets, are never potential sources of explanations for real-life events and are one of, if not THE most juvenile attempts at ridiculing a poster's position ever put forward on teh intrawebs.
Using ridiculous imaginary constructs to try and dismiss an opponent's position is the sign of a weak and lazy mind.
Discuss.