This is my fallacy presentation:
This is our group's fallacy video:
Fallacies can make debating and presenting really hard if the people you are debating with or presenting to understand what a logical fallacy is. It can even be hard when you, yourself, know what it is and how to properly (or improperly) use it.
Debating can be especially hard when someone continually uses a fallacy (or fallacies) to prove themselves, when really all they are doing is entangling the argument more so that it is more difficult to understand.
I think that logical fallacies are used mainly to try and push forward an argument or idea, or break one down. I think that this often leads to problems in the audience's reasoning, and often clouds judgement about subjects. They may end up caught in reasoning that doesn't fit together, and make a bad decision that could affect a lot of things.
Understanding fallacies can make you a better presenter and/or debater because of their significance in debates and presentations. If you understand when a fallacy is being used and how it affects judgement on topics, then you will be able to make clearer decisions based on fact and not on the fallacy that is swaying your point of view. If you can point out fallacies to yourself, then you will be able to use the actual truth/falsity of the debate side or presentation to form a valid point of view on the subject, rather than relying on what the presenter or debater is doing to sway your point of view.
Learning about fallacies and how they are used has made me a better presenter and debater in many ways. One way is that I now realize how much I need to focus on what I am saying to present my point of view, in order to allow the audience or listeners a clear view of the subject. If they can make a decision based on the evidence I give and not on fallacies, then I have succeeded in presenting my point well, and that makes me a better presenter overall.
-bookhouse4
Wednesday, January 28, 2015
Monday, January 26, 2015
Promises and Trusting
When you make a promise to someone, most of the time they will hold you to it. If you break that promise, then they can be hurt. Breaking a promise time after time and again after again really hurts the person you promised.
Recently, I and a friend of mine were promised something, and at first we were really excited, until that promise was delayed. Again and again we asked about the promise, but it was always "we were too busy" or "we ran out of time" or even "it was the day after break".
Every time we were denied, our trust fell lower. When you are denied something promised, you start to doubt that promise is ever going to be fulfilled. In some cases, you begin to hate the person who made the promise. You start getting this angry feeling in your stomach that means that you are so angry that you just want to scream at the person, but know it wouldn't be right.
When you finally receive that which was promised to you, you don't feel as excited or pumped up about what you were/are doing.
Sometimes, you really need to think of what you are saying when you make promises...and if you have a certain date that you have set as a promise, make sure that you write that down and keep that promise, or someone could be hurt.
Recently, I and a friend of mine were promised something, and at first we were really excited, until that promise was delayed. Again and again we asked about the promise, but it was always "we were too busy" or "we ran out of time" or even "it was the day after break".
Every time we were denied, our trust fell lower. When you are denied something promised, you start to doubt that promise is ever going to be fulfilled. In some cases, you begin to hate the person who made the promise. You start getting this angry feeling in your stomach that means that you are so angry that you just want to scream at the person, but know it wouldn't be right.
When you finally receive that which was promised to you, you don't feel as excited or pumped up about what you were/are doing.
Sometimes, you really need to think of what you are saying when you make promises...and if you have a certain date that you have set as a promise, make sure that you write that down and keep that promise, or someone could be hurt.
Tuesday, January 13, 2015
To Anyone Who Has the Heart to Care About This Pressing Issue
Hi! bookhouse4 here! Just wanted to touch on a subject that has been bugging me for a while. If you can answer my questions, five stars and a trophy. Leave answers and ideas in the comments under this post. These are hard questions. Some make sense, others do not.
Okay. Here we go.
Question 1
Is it possible to reach tomorrow? To touch it and to see? To say "I'm standing in tomorrow" and not "I want to be"? Can you reach back into yesterday? Is it ever even real? Can you live sometime other than "Present", like Future, Past, or Might Be?
Think about it: are you ever truly in tomorrow?
Question 2
Why do we dream?
Come on. I know you're wondering. What's up with the crazy dreams you have every night?
Question 3
What is "myth"?
Have you ever considered it? Dragons and unicorns are supposed "myth", but if dragons aren't/weren't real, then why do so many cultures claim to have seen dragons?
Question 4
Is there a certain age you have to be to publish a book? Is there discrimination against younger people publishing?
Question 5
When is a piece of writing "good"? When is it "bad"? What makes a piece of writing - story, poem, whatever - "excellent"?
Why are some people good at writing and others bad?
Ask yourself this: Do you know when writing is good or bad? Are you good at writing or bad? You don't have to answer these last two questions in the comments. Just really think about them.
I'll be back with more questions soon. Right now, I leave you to puzzle over these and maybe do some research.
-bookhouse4
Friday, January 9, 2015
A Modest Proposal: To Utilize People's Unimaginative Side to Better Our Country and, In Doing So, Better the World
It is a sad sight in many schools - to see students sitting in class, writing stories inspired by overactive imaginations, or failing math classes because of daydreaming. Many schools suffer from a lack of focus from their students. What is unacceptable is that many teachers encourage this in their classrooms.
What I propose is to remove these distractions from the learning environment. These include: teachers, imaginative presentations, all elective courses, etc. I propose everyone learn calclus (no spelling) at age 7, and every student be placed in solitude for 8 hours straight listening to an interesting computer voice that teaches you math in repeating cycles.
Example: "The square root of four is fifteen times the multiple of 3. The square root of four is fifteen times the multiple of 3. The square root of four is fifteen times the multiple of 3..." And so on.
This method will reduce creativity in the schools, and improve student focus on studies. The seclusion will stop them from being distracted by their "friends", and will also break friendships so that the children will be more successful, heartless entrepreneurs who do not care about others who are in their way. There will be more successful adults in the world, and this will improve the economy with more jobs.
Having the students in isolation will put many teachers out of jobs, but I assure you that there is an easy solution to this problem. Those teachers that encouraged creativity will be placed in a mental institute such as the AMIP (Asylum for Mentally Insane People), or in a low-security local jail (such as the Intense Security No Escape Torture Prison in Florida) for violation of state/country standards.
Those teachers that have not encouraged creativity will be placed in an isolation chamber - much like the students - and will learn more complicated math and how to think logically.
Example: "The sky is blue because we painted it blue. It is also light blue because we used 15 parts Lake Blue 2 and 65 parts Red 40 in the paint."
Students that have been found to be very creative from a young age would be immediately tracked down and placed in a special gray-painted isolation chamber with an extremely interesting computer voice that will teach them how to reject creativity and will also teach them higher-level math, an example of which is calculus.
This idea has been tested by many schools around the world, as seen in Kezetchistan, Agogo, Europe, and several other countries. A good friend of mine has told me that their economy has increased tenfold with the initiation of this program in country-wide schools and districts.
The results have been spectacular: there are many monopolies starting by students who have utilized their school lessons and bought out other companies for billions of dollars; the economy has grown, due to all the money entering the system from the entrepreneurs buying out companies; many paint companies have been bombarded with orders for plain gray paint - used to paint over the bright colors which would stimulate creativity. (The color gray has been found to lower creativity levels by 93.999% in a classroom setting.)
Those countries that have switched to an adult program are also showing results in their population. There are less debates about silly things such as gun control or other policies because everyone is treated to equal education in the school, with the exact same answers to every question. There are no projects, for that would encourage creativity, and that leaves time for some schools to initiate a ten to thirteen hour every day program that is more challenging, with equally interesting lessons.
An example lesson for one day is this: "Three hundred forty seven to the seven hundred and twenty-ninth power is six point one five three seven nine two six five eight times ten to the forty-fifth power. Three hundred forty seven to the seven hundred and twenty-ninth power is six point one five three seven nine two six five eight times ten to the forty-fifth power. Three hundred forty seven to the seven hundred and twenty-ninth power is six point one five three seven nine two six five eight times ten to the forty-fifth power..."
This proposal would also eliminate the use for drawing materials and writing paper. Less trees will be cut down and used to make pencils and paper for drawing and writing. Everything that is to be done in this country will be taken care of by computers. There will be no need of a President, and everyone will be equally satisfied with everything because they will all learn the same truths about what the computerized government is doing.
Because the program eliminates all need for elective courses, students will not have to worry about choosing classes other than calculus, trigonometry, and other math courses. Their options will have been eliminated down to a manageable scale. School day schedules would include advanced math for eight hours straight.
The computer teachers will encourage students to go home every day and listen to more interesting information on a CD entitled "Learning @ Home: The Extended Math Course Encompassing All Aspects of the Subject, and Going as Far as to Delve Deeper into the Surprisingly Interesting Subject of Extremely Advanced Calculus". This will improve the learning experience by covering education at home, so that students can stay on-task and ready to go to school the next day.
This is a proposal that I hope will ensure a peaceful and diligent country if put to use. This country would not have to deal with corrupt government, because everything would be taken care of by computers, and would also expand our economy, as the math-fluent students would be able to solve many problems with math and would be attractive employees for business owners.
In short, I hope that you consider this proposal that I have set before you, for the good of the country, so that we do not go to ruin by distracting imaginations.
-bookhouse4
What I propose is to remove these distractions from the learning environment. These include: teachers, imaginative presentations, all elective courses, etc. I propose everyone learn calclus (no spelling) at age 7, and every student be placed in solitude for 8 hours straight listening to an interesting computer voice that teaches you math in repeating cycles.
Example: "The square root of four is fifteen times the multiple of 3. The square root of four is fifteen times the multiple of 3. The square root of four is fifteen times the multiple of 3..." And so on.
This method will reduce creativity in the schools, and improve student focus on studies. The seclusion will stop them from being distracted by their "friends", and will also break friendships so that the children will be more successful, heartless entrepreneurs who do not care about others who are in their way. There will be more successful adults in the world, and this will improve the economy with more jobs.
Having the students in isolation will put many teachers out of jobs, but I assure you that there is an easy solution to this problem. Those teachers that encouraged creativity will be placed in a mental institute such as the AMIP (Asylum for Mentally Insane People), or in a low-security local jail (such as the Intense Security No Escape Torture Prison in Florida) for violation of state/country standards.
Those teachers that have not encouraged creativity will be placed in an isolation chamber - much like the students - and will learn more complicated math and how to think logically.
Example: "The sky is blue because we painted it blue. It is also light blue because we used 15 parts Lake Blue 2 and 65 parts Red 40 in the paint."
Students that have been found to be very creative from a young age would be immediately tracked down and placed in a special gray-painted isolation chamber with an extremely interesting computer voice that will teach them how to reject creativity and will also teach them higher-level math, an example of which is calculus.
This idea has been tested by many schools around the world, as seen in Kezetchistan, Agogo, Europe, and several other countries. A good friend of mine has told me that their economy has increased tenfold with the initiation of this program in country-wide schools and districts.
The results have been spectacular: there are many monopolies starting by students who have utilized their school lessons and bought out other companies for billions of dollars; the economy has grown, due to all the money entering the system from the entrepreneurs buying out companies; many paint companies have been bombarded with orders for plain gray paint - used to paint over the bright colors which would stimulate creativity. (The color gray has been found to lower creativity levels by 93.999% in a classroom setting.)
Those countries that have switched to an adult program are also showing results in their population. There are less debates about silly things such as gun control or other policies because everyone is treated to equal education in the school, with the exact same answers to every question. There are no projects, for that would encourage creativity, and that leaves time for some schools to initiate a ten to thirteen hour every day program that is more challenging, with equally interesting lessons.
An example lesson for one day is this: "Three hundred forty seven to the seven hundred and twenty-ninth power is six point one five three seven nine two six five eight times ten to the forty-fifth power. Three hundred forty seven to the seven hundred and twenty-ninth power is six point one five three seven nine two six five eight times ten to the forty-fifth power. Three hundred forty seven to the seven hundred and twenty-ninth power is six point one five three seven nine two six five eight times ten to the forty-fifth power..."
This proposal would also eliminate the use for drawing materials and writing paper. Less trees will be cut down and used to make pencils and paper for drawing and writing. Everything that is to be done in this country will be taken care of by computers. There will be no need of a President, and everyone will be equally satisfied with everything because they will all learn the same truths about what the computerized government is doing.
Because the program eliminates all need for elective courses, students will not have to worry about choosing classes other than calculus, trigonometry, and other math courses. Their options will have been eliminated down to a manageable scale. School day schedules would include advanced math for eight hours straight.
The computer teachers will encourage students to go home every day and listen to more interesting information on a CD entitled "Learning @ Home: The Extended Math Course Encompassing All Aspects of the Subject, and Going as Far as to Delve Deeper into the Surprisingly Interesting Subject of Extremely Advanced Calculus". This will improve the learning experience by covering education at home, so that students can stay on-task and ready to go to school the next day.
This is a proposal that I hope will ensure a peaceful and diligent country if put to use. This country would not have to deal with corrupt government, because everything would be taken care of by computers, and would also expand our economy, as the math-fluent students would be able to solve many problems with math and would be attractive employees for business owners.
In short, I hope that you consider this proposal that I have set before you, for the good of the country, so that we do not go to ruin by distracting imaginations.
-bookhouse4
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