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Appeal To Popularity

Dear Friends, It seems to me, the most pernicious fallacy, is appeal to popularity. Edward Bernays liked to exploit that little trick to manipulate people. He used it to con women into smoking, and wearing bras. Even as the new … Continue reading

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Limericks

Dear Friends,   The elite have made a bad bet, For a people they’ve never met, Asylum given, A nation riven, It just hasn’t worked itself out yet.   Parliament is controlled by the crowd, Islamists speak violently and it’s … Continue reading

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