Re: [Slightly OT] Philosophy (was Re: Replacement for Abiword: LyX? Openoffice?)

On Tue, Oct 21, 2003 at 07:08:51PM -0500, Ron Johnson wrote:
> On Tue, 2003-10-21 at 18:07, Sam Hart wrote:
> > For one, it helps the child not to be afraid of technology (which is a 
> > HUGE boon).
> 
> No it doesn't.  How do I know?  *I* wasn't scared of technology,
> and I didn't see a computer until 11th grade, and use one until 12th
> grade (way back in 1980).

That's fallacious. The truth or falsity of "if A then B" can't be
disproven with a case where not-A and B. (We can't tell that
"if exposed-to-tech, then confident" is incorrect by discovering
a case where "(not exposed-to-tech) and confident". You might as
well try to disprove "jumping into the sea makes your feet wet"
by pointing out that your feet are wet and you haven't been
to the sea.)

T