False Dichotomies in Music
Exploring the many logical fallacies of pop music lyrics
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The Paradox of Marty’s Headless Brother [BTTF Week]
Back to the Future makes no sense… unless you imagine an alternate history where headless mutants run free.
Thursday Grammar: Christ puts the X in Xmas
X in Xmas? It’s all greek to me.
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It’s Some Wonderful Nitpicking
Merry Christmas, you wonderful old website!!
The Mystery of Indy’s Sub Ride Solved
So waaaay back in February, I mused over the scene in Raiders where Indy apparently stows away on a Nazi submarine. What is going on here? Are we meant to believe that Dr. Jones somehow snuck onto the sub, found … Continued
The Musical Talmud: I Want It That Way
You are my fire The one desire Believe when I say I want it that way This opening is more interesting than it looks. It’s one thing to say someone is your fire/desire. But the singer goes a step further … Continued
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George Lucas is Citizen Kane
I recently read an article about the possibility of more Indiana Jones movies, which included this little gem: Lucas sat down with AP Television at his Big Rock Ranch outside San Francisco, where he said he didn’t pay much attention … Continued
Thursday Grammar: Begging The Question
The phrase “begs the question” does not mean “raises the question.” “Beg the question” means “engage in circular reasoning” (within a single syllogism), or, more precisely, “assume the truth of the proposition you purport to be proving.” For example, the … Continued
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Thursday Grammar: The Proof of the Posting is in the Reading
[Ed. Note: Yes, it is not Thursday. But something happened. See, I wrote all these posts in one afternoon and the scheduled them weeks into the future. This week, we were scheduled to run my masterpiece about the much misunderstood … Continued
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Thursday Grammar: The Penultimate
I was in a seminar my freshman year of college when one of my classmates identified “the penultimate example” of something we were reading about. I was appalled. I thought I had gone to college to get away from this … Continued
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