Jon Pretty

Politicians, simply stating “X is the right thing to do”, or “It is right that …” does not strengthen your argument, it weakens it.

@channingwalton sending that tweet was definitely the right thing to do.

@joescii arrghh! Actually my tweet was hypocritical in that respect. But it’s definitely true ;)

@channingwalton heheheh. Yep, I concur with the original sentiment. :)

@joescii @channingwalton The argument is weakened, but the premise not necessarily so.

@propensive @joescii maybe. Too often all I hear is “it’s right that …”, “no it’s right that the opposite blah…”, round and round.

@channingwalton @joescii And yeah, this sucks. :(

@propensive @joescii this is why every child should be given a thorough grounding in logic and philosophy :D