Plato on writing and the conceit of wisdom

From a good friend and mentor after a recent dinner and discussion on iPads in schools, the constant challenge of what to offload from your brain to technology, and many other topics. Plato saw it all coming when writing came into Greek education. Imagine what he would have thought with facts being left to be [...]

Great Example Of A Slippery Slope Argument: The DirectTV “Roadside Ditch” Commercial

I rarely care or even acknowledge TV commercials. Most are actually pretty horrible and get skipped-over via TiVo, but the DirectTV “Don’t Wake Up In a Roadside Ditch” is an exception. The “Roadside Ditch 2012″ commercial is a great example of a philosophical fallacy of a “slippery slope” argument. Watch it below.

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