Friday, October 24, 2008

Daily Trifecta No. 3

Word of the Day:


INTELLECTUAL DISHONESTY: (1) the advocacy of a position which the advocate knows, or believes, to be false; (2) the advocacy of a position which the advocate does not know to be true, and has not performed the rigorous due diligence to insure the truthfulness of the position. Rhetoric is used to advance an agenda or to reinforce one’s deeply held beliefs in face of overwhelming contrary evidence.


If a person is aware of the evidence and agrees with the conclusion which it portends, yet advocates a contradictory view, they commit intellectual dishonesty. If the person is unaware of the evidence, their position is ignorance, even if in agreement with the scientific conclusion. If the person is knowingly aware that there may be additional evidence, but purposefully fails to check, and then acts as though the position is confirmed, this is also intellectual dishonesty.


See references and sources at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intellectual_honesty


Quote of the Day:


Intellectual Honesty is more than what’s legislated; it is inherent in the best people, those who take a broader view of their action than simply, “What’s in it for me?”Fact of the Day: Top Three Highest and Top Three Lowest 3 Yr Avg Median Income by State (2005 – 2007):


Fact of the Day:


New Jersey $65,933
Maryland $65,124
New Hampshire $63,942

Louisiana $39,461
Arkansas $39,279
Mississippi $35,971

Figures acquired from U.S. Census Bureau Statistics Web Site

3 comments:

  1. ...There must be a first time...
    The reason why I leave you, the logicitician, this message is because I wanted to 'Thank You' for your reaction on the pictures, of the children playing in the parc in Marseille, I've posted today on the web-blog I'm using...

    Because I've started this blog not so long ago I'm not conscious of the possibilities...
    This is the first reaction I post on somebody's else's blog...

    My apologies for my poor English...

    Will have a further look on your blog and perhaps contact you an other time!
    Merci Beaucoup!

    What is... IS!

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  2. Merci Laurens. Mon francais est tres pauvre. J'ai estudier les francais pour six ou sept annees, mais les dernier temps est 1971. J'ai besoin de practicer.

    J'ai visite France en 1981, 1985, and 1986. J'ai visite Marseille a nuit and quand est pluie, et je ne pais voir plus

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  3. ...There must be a first time...
    The reason why I leave you, the logicitician, this message is because I wanted to 'Thank You' for your reaction on the pictures, of the children playing in the parc in Marseille, I've posted today on the web-blog I'm using...

    Because I've started this blog not so long ago I'm not conscious of the possibilities...
    This is the first reaction I post on somebody's else's blog...

    My apologies for my poor English...

    Will have a further look on your blog and perhaps contact you an other time!
    Merci Beaucoup!

    What is... IS!

    ReplyDelete

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