Of blog posts and sweeping statements
Monday
Feb 26, 2007
I do observe that some bloggers (myself included) are very much liable to commit sweeping statements. It’s a fallacy that’s quite common to commit. I know teachers of college freshman English will be so frustrated knowing that a good number of their spawns are going against the rules of academic writing. And it’s just one of the many inductive fallacies and all the other logical fallacies that one can commit in writing.
Here’s my opinion on why we are liable to stumble on such a pitfall such as sweeping generalizations:
In any case, it’s usually the case that being too strict on being logical and keeping oneself in check with all of these fallacies can be a bore. And from personal experience, it kills creativity. It takes real skill to be creative and logical at the same time.
Or is this post full of fallacious claims too? Haha. Any other thoughts?





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