> On 31 Jul 2020, at 16:20, John Clark <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Fri, Jul 31, 2020 at 9:19 AM Bruno Marchal <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > > it is invalid to say that A is false because P asserts it > > There is more to intelligence than just deduction, there is also induction > which is at least as powerful. If everything P has asserted in the past has > been shown to be false and now P asserts A then you can conclude that A is > probably, although not certainly, also false. That's why most intelligent > people wouldn't accept medical advice from somebody who in the past has > asserted that vaccines are made from space alien sperm to make people less > religious, and ovarian cysts are caused by woman dreaming about having sex > with deamons. But Trump is fine with taking such advice because Trump is not > intelligent.
My point was logical, and I agree it is wise to not follow an advice by someone who has lied, … even just once, actually. Here we do have a problem which is that the FDA has lied a lot also since long, so we are a bit in between the pest and the cholera. Bruno > > John K Clark > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Everything List" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/everything-list/CAJPayv20eCO7JVkP%3DtxybWGkiMzQ53xeYBWgnHhPFGiRCuD58g%40mail.gmail.com > > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/everything-list/CAJPayv20eCO7JVkP%3DtxybWGkiMzQ53xeYBWgnHhPFGiRCuD58g%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer>. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/everything-list/E74D8583-3AB5-4193-AF44-8250FFB873E7%40ulb.ac.be.
