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This isn't logical!
Dec. 9th, 2008 01:12 amWe've been going over fallacies in Logic class.
In a twist of sitcom-like humor, my logic professor is anything but logical. He presents the material clearly and then goes on to give supporting examples filled with logical mistakes (as well as things that just make me want to punch him in the face).
In today's class he went on a tirade about how gay men are naturally more promiscuous than straight men because "nobody says no in a gay bar" and "men aren't picky like women". Then, he went on to support those claims by talking about some novel written about the gay scene in 60's San Fransisco. Appeal to unqualified authority much?
Then, he gave us a tip that when people say "well, when I was young..." That's usually a particular fallacy. Not a minute later, he uses that exact phrase in an explanation. I actually laughed out loud at the pure absurdity of it.
Great logical steps there, asshole.
Finals are next week. I just hope that his test questions make sense. In one of his examples today I pointed out that "they" could have been referring to either of two subjects in the sentence...which would make it an amphiboly, but since he wrote the example, he didn't notice that and intended it as an example of something else.
Agh. One more week.
In a twist of sitcom-like humor, my logic professor is anything but logical. He presents the material clearly and then goes on to give supporting examples filled with logical mistakes (as well as things that just make me want to punch him in the face).
In today's class he went on a tirade about how gay men are naturally more promiscuous than straight men because "nobody says no in a gay bar" and "men aren't picky like women". Then, he went on to support those claims by talking about some novel written about the gay scene in 60's San Fransisco. Appeal to unqualified authority much?
Then, he gave us a tip that when people say "well, when I was young..." That's usually a particular fallacy. Not a minute later, he uses that exact phrase in an explanation. I actually laughed out loud at the pure absurdity of it.
Great logical steps there, asshole.
Finals are next week. I just hope that his test questions make sense. In one of his examples today I pointed out that "they" could have been referring to either of two subjects in the sentence...which would make it an amphiboly, but since he wrote the example, he didn't notice that and intended it as an example of something else.
Agh. One more week.
