[clug] Why the web has gone sour

[Lana Brindley]

On 15 February 2010 12:53, Alex Satrapa <grail at goldweb.com.au> wrote:

> On 15/02/2010, at 10:57 , Geoff Swan wrote:
>
> > Responsible thought is not encouraged
> > enough, instead we legislate to protect us from having to think and
> > make decisions - this is now extending online.
>
> We really need to encourage "critical thinking" as part of the school
> syllabus.
>
> Heck, for starters just get everyone to have a good read of "A List of
> Fallacious Arguments" -
> http://www.don-lindsay-archive.org/skeptic/arguments.html
>
> Then spend time at school reviewing the circus that we call Democracy in
> this country, or pulling articles from the news to have a look at how many
> of the false argument styles are used.
>
> We could play, "False Argument Bingo" :)
>

So, who's up for a game night? ;)

L

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Cheers! Lana

There are lots of ways of being miserable, but there's only one way of being
comfortable, and that is to stop running round after happiness. If you make
up your mind  not to be happy there's no reason why you shouldn't have a
fairly good time.
 - Edith Wharton

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