A Classic Waste Of Breath

Tuesday, March 9, 2010 - 09:49 in Physics & Chemistry

A Classic Waste Of Breath An argument that a thing is natural, therefore not a cause of concern, is used greatly in modern times, most especially in connection with the arguments over whether or not we puny humans can interfere with natural environmental cycles.  Such arguments can look good on the face of things. The naturalistic argument goes back at least to Ancient Greece.  In the art of misleading an audience with a seemingly open-and-shut case it really is a classic. read more

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