The cuckoo, as is well known, is a devious, shifty, and indolent bird that lays its eggs in the nests of other birds, while pushing
Tag: logic
Aristotle’s Sillygism
In all introductory courses on logic, students are taught the syllogism, a short logical argument of three lines that contains a major premise, a minor
The Fallacy of the Prisoners’ Dilemma
The prisoners’ dilemma, based on a paper written by Merrill Flood and Melvin Dresher in 1950, has become the paradigmatic example of game theory, which
The Fallibility of Human Logic
Ever since a tiny number of ancient Greeks discovered and developed something called logic, there are many people who, greatly impressed by this discovery, have
The Sherlock Holmes Fallacy
The detective stories written by Arthur Conan Doyle featuring his legendary protagonist Sherlock Holmes have been read by many millions of readers. Fairly early in
What Happens When We Reason
Ever since a miniscule number of ancient Greeks became fascinated by the human ability to reason, one of them even going so far, in his
Homo Stupidus 