alt.energy.homepower

On Mon, 13 Aug 2007 17:26:11 -0400, "daestrom"
wrote:

>
> wrote in message
>news: @ ...
>> On Aug 10, 6:57 am, "daestrom"
>> wrote:
>>> wrote in message
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>>> news:diljb3pskkoj20jkoneq4vhgjs1fcpn9t0@ ...
>>>
>>> > On Tue, 07 Aug 2007 23:35:07 -0000, beal...@ wrote:
>>>
>>> >>It's a funny thing about the Titanic, there is some question about
>>> >>whether or not it was in fact the Titanic at all that sank.
>>>
>>> > So we finally find out what you're using that computer for 5 hours per
>>> > day... to search for other loons! I Googled "titanic conspiracy" and
>>> > whoa! Scientific experiments *have* been conducted to support your
>>> > position! /
>>>
>>> That's a good laugh. Guy playing with toy boats in a bathtub. And
>>> closing
>>> with, "Until they prove they didn't do it, I'm convinced that they did."
>>> Wonderful bit of tautalogy there.
>>>
>>> daestrom
>>
>> Tautology
>>
>> tautology (as in "truth") n. : (logic) a statement that is necessarily
>> true; "the statement `he is brave or he is not brave' is a
>> tautology"
>>
>
>Guess you missed the irony.
>
>A 'tautology' in prepositional logic is one that is true no matter how you
>interpret it. Since you can't prove a 'negative' ( . 'prove they didn't
>do it [conspire to fool the public about Titanic]'), the author will forever
>be 'convinced that they did.' So he never has to bother thinking. But his
>'lack of thinking' is pretty obvious anyway.
>
>daestrom
> /wiki/Tautology_%28logic%29

The film / is a
parody, and the maker obviously doesn't believe the Titanic conspiracy
nitwits for a moment. He'd probably get a chuckle out of the ghinius
trying to appear less dopey by mentioning a conspiracy book and
pretending that reading such stuff should be considered a studious
endeavor. George may as well claim to be looking for vital subtext in
Three Stooges dialog. :-)

Wayne