Your Argument is Invalid

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2009-04-28T11:21:03Z

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Your Argument is Invalid <h2>About</h2> The phrase “your argument is invalid” is often employed in debates of logic, and altough it predates the internet, many an internet know-it-all has used the phrase in chat, email, and on message boards. <a href=http://lkml.indiana.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/0112.3/0038.html>Here</a> is a rather passionate exchange between a Windows user and a Linux user in 2001: <blockquote> > Nice ad hominem attack, David. Attack the messenger. Good boy. That’s not what I understood ‘ad hominem’ to mean. My understanding was that ad hominem involved an attack on the person making the argument, followed by an obviously false assertion that such attack renders the person’s arguments invalid, even though the details of the attack made are completely unrelated to the matter being discussed. Thus observing that you sent your mail using a Windows MUA, then declaring that your argument is invalid because you’re a Windows user and therefore obviously mentally deficient, would be an ad hominem attack. </blockquote> <h2>Nicolas Cage’s Hair is a Bird</h2> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://www.gmodules.com/ig/ifr?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2Fig%2Fmodules%2Fgoogle_insightsforsearch_interestovertime_searchterms.xml&up__property=empty&up__search_terms=%22Your+argument+is+invalid%22%7C%22my+hair+is+a+bird%22&up__location=empty&up__category=0&up__time_range=empty&up__compare_to_category=false&synd=ig&w=650&h=300&lang=en-US&title=Google+Insights+for+Search&border=%23ffffff%7C3px%2C1px+solid+%23999999&output=js"></script>The now famous picture of Nicolas Cage’s hair photoshopped into a bird is rumored to have originated on 4Chan, although no archived thread exists to confirm this. This image macro places the clear insistance of logic on top of an image with a rather high WTF quotient. On May 19th, <a href=http://digg.com/celebrity/My_hair_is_a_bird_Your_argument_is_invalid>My Hair is a Bird</a> made the front page of Digg.com <a href=http://www.yourargumentisinvalid.com>Yourargumentisinvalid.com</a> was registered to Jeffrey Spies on May 22nd, 2008 The meme draws certain parallels to <a href=http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/pancake-bunny>Pancake Bunny</a>.

2009-11-13T01:48:53Z

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