Saturday, May 15, 2010
Under Pressure
I recently learned that everyone on earth is under a ton of pressure, pushing down on me, pressing down on you, no man asked for. This is all air pressure that is constantly exerted on us. I was pretty surprised to learn this at first - Because it doesn't feel like there's any pressure on me. Then I realized this was an appeal to common belief. In chapter 5, page 97, The Critical Thinking book states a bad appeal to common belief as "It's usually a mistake to accept a claim as true solely because a lot of other people believe it." This is a common mistake that people make, maybe because they didn't pay attention in science class or didn't take a science class. Anyways, I was just making up some reason to start reciting Queen, but I ended up relating to the book anyways, so it looks like my job here is done.
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