Bill_Thompson wrote:SETI@HOME / BOINC is looking to raise 750,000 dollars
Bill_Thompson wrote:It seems they have done some good demographic studies since they seem to be right on target.
Lance wrote:Are you suggesting we contribute?
Bill_Thompson wrote:But something perported as being of such importance would have more backing by the mainstream if it was what their supporters claim it is.
Lance wrote:Bill_Thompson wrote:But something perported as being of such importance would have more backing by the mainstream if it was what their supporters claim it is.
Let's see:
Straw Man
Non Sequitor
Any others?
Bill;
If someone made an argument like that to you, you would laugh in their face at how silly it is.
Bill_Thompson wrote:Lance wrote:Bill_Thompson wrote:But something perported as being of such importance would have more backing by the mainstream if it was what their supporters claim it is.
Let's see:
Straw Man
Non Sequitor
Any others?
Bill;
If someone made an argument like that to you, you would laugh in their face at how silly it is.
Elaborate how it is Stawman and elaborate how it is Non Sequitur.
Lance wrote:Bill_Thompson wrote:Lance wrote:Bill_Thompson wrote:But something perported as being of such importance would have more backing by the mainstream if it was what their supporters claim it is.
Let's see:
Straw Man
Non Sequitor
Any others?
Bill;
If someone made an argument like that to you, you would laugh in their face at how silly it is.
Elaborate how it is Stawman and elaborate how it is Non Sequitur.
And now you're trying to redirect the argument.
Sheesh, Bill! How transparent can you be?
ROFL!
Bill_Thompson wrote:Please elaborate on why you think I am trying to redirect the argument and why this is not like the pot calling the kettle black.
Please elaborate on why you think it is a strawman argument.Lance wrote:Bill_Thompson wrote:Please elaborate on why you think I am trying to redirect the argument and why this is not like the pot calling the kettle black.
Lance wrote:Bill;
You often pride yourself on being able to spot weak arguments that other make. You should be able to determine this for yourself with only the slightest study.
Bill_Thompson wrote:I have asked this four times now.
Lance wrote:Bill_Thompson wrote:I have asked this four times now.
OCD?
Bill_Thompson wrote:No, Lance, it is neither straw man nor is it non sequitur.
But you refuse to elaborate. If you hurl insults without any logic to back it up you are running on emotion and not cognition. If you believe it, we live in a representative republic that prides itself as being of the people, by the people, and for the people. If any minutia of that was true and if any minutia of what the SETI supporters claim is true of the importance of their project, it would not be struggling for money. Of course if you subscribe to the conspiracy notions that the big bad government is working against us then you have fallen into their realm and the argument is void.Lance wrote:Bill_Thompson wrote:No, Lance, it is neither straw man nor is it non sequitur.
Yeah, okay... You just keep telling yourself that.
But not as important and as underfunded.Lance wrote:Bill;
MANY things are important and under or unfunded. .
Bill_Thompson wrote:But not as important and as underfunded.Lance wrote:Bill;
MANY things are important and under or unfunded. .
No, you calm that its lack of funding is no indication of its importance and that there are lots of underfunded projects that are still important. And I said that this is a special case because it is supposedly the MOST important project ever and it is HUGELY underfunded.Lance wrote:Bill_Thompson wrote:But not as important and as underfunded.Lance wrote:Bill;
MANY things are important and under or unfunded. .
Your logic escapes me. Why do you think it is so important?
Bill_Thompson wrote:But something perported as being of such importance would have more backing by the mainstream if it was what their supporters claim it is.
It looks like they [SETI@HOME] will make their goal.
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