Comments on: Fan Death http://blog.torgodevil.com/archives/117 Crunky! This is a blog about an English teacher living in South Korea. Tue, 06 Jan 2009 10:56:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Eric http://blog.torgodevil.com/archives/117/comment-page-1#comment-222 Eric Thu, 08 Jun 2006 17:15:09 +0000 http://www.torgodevil.com/?p=117#comment-222 post hoc ergo propter hoc - after that therefore because of that. This is one of the major logical fallacies in philosophy...and life in general. Just because something happens after something else does not indicate causation. Also, are these women familiar, at all, with, you know, science. The concept of a vacuum is pretty basic. Not to mention, hypothermia! Are you kidding me? Your core body temperature has to drop by 2 degrees Fahrenheit before it even starts. At 90 degrees it becomes critical. That would be one heck of a fan. Not to mention, if you turn the fan off, then you might as well worry about HYPERthermia, where the body gets too hot and starts cooking itself. In all this, though, it's nice for a poli sci junkie like me to know that such a fine example of effective government propaganda exists out there in the world. post hoc ergo propter hoc - after that therefore because of that. This is one of the major logical fallacies in philosophy…and life in general. Just because something happens after something else does not indicate causation.

Also, are these women familiar, at all, with, you know, science. The concept of a vacuum is pretty basic. Not to mention, hypothermia! Are you kidding me? Your core body temperature has to drop by 2 degrees Fahrenheit before it even starts. At 90 degrees it becomes critical. That would be one heck of a fan. Not to mention, if you turn the fan off, then you might as well worry about HYPERthermia, where the body gets too hot and starts cooking itself.

In all this, though, it’s nice for a poli sci junkie like me to know that such a fine example of effective government propaganda exists out there in the world.

]]> By: LAA http://blog.torgodevil.com/archives/117/comment-page-1#comment-221 LAA Thu, 08 Jun 2006 12:21:28 +0000 http://www.torgodevil.com/?p=117#comment-221 In my family there is a myth about cucumbers and beer. As the tale goes, many decades ago, a relative was eating cucumbers, drinking beer and playing cards when he suddenly dropped dead. To this day my parents firmly believe eating cucumbers and drinking beer at the same time will kill you. In my family there is a myth about cucumbers and beer. As the tale goes, many decades ago, a relative was eating cucumbers, drinking beer and playing cards when he suddenly dropped dead. To this day my parents firmly believe eating cucumbers and drinking beer at the same time will kill you.

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