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On a recent episode of South Park, the kids got all excited about reading The Catcher in the Rye, the supposedly scandalous novel that's been offending teachers and parents for generations. They were, of course, horribly disappointed: As Kyle says, it's "just some whiny annoying teenager talking about how lame he is."
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1. One is entitled to one’s own opinions, but not one’s own facts. 2. If you make an assertion that implies a factual basis, it is entirely proper that others may ask you to back up these assertions with facts. 3. If you cannot bolster said assertion with facts beyond the anecdotal, others may not find your general argument persuasive. 4. people asking for facts is in itself non-partisan; implications otherwise are a form of ad hominem argument. 5. If you offer evidence and assert it as fact, you may reasonably expect others to examine such information and to rebut you if they find it wanting.
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Walls in Belfast
We went to the Ulster Museum yesterday, where there is a very good and full exhibition about the Troubles. One of the exhibits is a map from the…
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Which lines of longitude and latitude pass through the most countries?
This is an update from last week's post, where I considered a slightly different version of the first part of this question. I have illustrated…
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Everfair map confusion - what do you think?
I’m just starting Nisi Shawl’s Everfair, which made the Nebula finalists this year (but missed the Hugos, finishing 8th on the Best Novel ballot).…
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