Comments on: Logical Fallacies 101: Contextology http://www.gppcomic.com/2009/05/08/logical-fallacies-101-contextology/ Wed, 01 Feb 2012 18:09:42 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Kulgur http://www.gppcomic.com/2009/05/08/logical-fallacies-101-contextology/comment-page-1/#comment-4055 Kulgur Wed, 18 Jan 2012 19:50:26 +0000 http://www.gppcomic.com/?p=313#comment-4055 I can't think of any really famous Dawkins quotemines, but there is a Darwin one that's quite well-known: Darwin wrote that "To suppose that the eye [...] could have been formed by natural selection, seems, I freely confess, absurd in the highest degree." Most people who quote that, stop right there, and don't include the next line: "When it was first said that the sun stood still and the world turned round, the common sense of mankind declared the doctrine false" In other words, just because something sounds weird doesn't mean it's not true. I can’t think of any really famous Dawkins quotemines, but there is a Darwin one that’s quite well-known:

Darwin wrote that “To suppose that the eye [...] could have been formed by natural selection, seems, I freely confess, absurd in the highest degree.”

Most people who quote that, stop right there, and don’t include the next line: “When it was first said that the sun stood still and the world turned round, the common sense of mankind declared the doctrine false”

In other words, just because something sounds weird doesn’t mean it’s not true.

]]> By: Arkeon http://www.gppcomic.com/2009/05/08/logical-fallacies-101-contextology/comment-page-1/#comment-1731 Arkeon Thu, 23 Sep 2010 08:16:06 +0000 http://www.gppcomic.com/?p=313#comment-1731 Contextology is also known as 'quote mining'. The most famous example i can think of is richard dawkins in one of his books on evolution, but for the life of me i cannot remember which one. Contextology is also known as ‘quote mining’. The most famous example i can think of is richard dawkins in one of his books on evolution, but for the life of me i cannot remember which one.

]]> By: Veritas http://www.gppcomic.com/2009/05/08/logical-fallacies-101-contextology/comment-page-1/#comment-1721 Veritas Thu, 16 Sep 2010 02:48:50 +0000 http://www.gppcomic.com/?p=313#comment-1721 Hmmm. Isn't this "contextectomy"? An -ology is the study of something, an -ectomy is its removal. Bad mojo either way, though. Hmmm. Isn’t this “contextectomy”? An -ology is the study of something, an -ectomy is its removal.

Bad mojo either way, though.

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