Truth-lite! If reason isn't delivering then go for volume!
(emotional volume)
I'm trying to make an impression on my geometry students that a good
(true) cause + bad argument for it = bad argument.
--merv
David Opderbeck wrote:
> Is this the one with the dinosaur hatching? I saw the ad in CT a few
> weeks ago and it was really disturbing. Obviously they have money to
> burn on a splashy ad campaign. But I thought about it a little and if
> there's a silver lining, it's that thoughtful people ought to be able
> to see that marketing glitz is usually inversely proportionate to
> truth value. Unfortunately, the evangelical mainstream is often more
> interested in snappy graphics and slogans than in hard questions and
> truth.
>
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