http://insanityworks.org/acme/2008/12/12/the-problem-with-bad-arguments/ Ameel's Melbourne Business School MBA journey and beyond Mon, 30 Jan 2012 00:35:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://insanityworks.org/acme/2008/12/12/the-problem-with-bad-arguments/comment-page-1/#comment-111 Random Tangent Fri, 17 Apr 2009 23:31:01 +0000 http://insanityworks.org/acme/2008/12/12/the-problem-with-bad-arguments/#comment-111 [...] Since then I have started to see the world through a completely different filter – a clear one this time – and boy is there a lot of crap out there. Just knowing a handful of logical fallacies, for example, has helped me unravel stupid arguments, see through cheap tricks (particularly marketing-related ones), and call people out when they’ve needed to be called out (even in unrelated situations). [...] [...] Since then I have started to see the world through a completely different filter – a clear one this time – and boy is there a lot of crap out there. Just knowing a handful of logical fallacies, for example, has helped me unravel stupid arguments, see through cheap tricks (particularly marketing-related ones), and call people out when they’ve needed to be called out (even in unrelated situations). [...]

]]> http://insanityworks.org/acme/2008/12/12/the-problem-with-bad-arguments/comment-page-1/#comment-110 Ameel Khan Mon, 15 Dec 2008 06:13:21 +0000 http://insanityworks.org/acme/2008/12/12/the-problem-with-bad-arguments/#comment-110 That sounds ominous but was probably the ABC trying to find a way to link MBS to the University of Melbourne because the phrase "Melbourne Business School, University of Melbourne" takes up too much caption space :) That sounds ominous but was probably the ABC trying to find a way to link MBS to the University of Melbourne because the phrase “Melbourne Business School, University of Melbourne” takes up too much caption space :)

]]> http://insanityworks.org/acme/2008/12/12/the-problem-with-bad-arguments/comment-page-1/#comment-109 Scott Arbeitman Mon, 15 Dec 2008 04:23:05 +0000 http://insanityworks.org/acme/2008/12/12/the-problem-with-bad-arguments/#comment-109 I saw Paul on the ABC a couple of weeks ago talking about the Telstra broadband bid. What was most striking, actually, was the subtitle: "Melbourne University Business School." I thought the merger had gone ahead without me. I saw Paul on the ABC a couple of weeks ago talking about the Telstra broadband bid. What was most striking, actually, was the subtitle: “Melbourne University Business School.” I thought the merger had gone ahead without me.

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