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> Roy Schestowitz stated in post 2320366.To3RIR2IRr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx on 7/6/11
> 7:55 AM:
>
>>>>>>>>>> Some parents still use stork stories?
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Or avoid the whole issue.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Gets harder to explain at some stage.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Well, it is similar to using "God" to explain all you do not want to
>>>>>>> discuss.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Argument from ignorance.
>>>>>
>>>>> Not quite: that would be saying something like since we cannot prove
>>>>> beyond *any* doubt (reasonable or not) that someone is guilty, then they
>>>>> must be innocent (not just presumed so, but actually so).
>>>>
>>>> We start from the false hypothesis which says the Sun God (or God metaphor
>>>> for the Sun)
>>>> extends to our life and death (and 'after' death).
>>>
>>> And since we cannot disprove it then it must be true. OK, Argument from
>>> Ignorance it is. :)
>>
>> A bit like Apple proponents speaking about the 'merit' of iStuff.
>
> Apple makes some amazing stuff - they get, perhaps more than any other tech
> company companies, the importance of user experience over a listing of tech
> specs and bulleted feature lists (which is not to say they do not advertise
> those as well). People in COLA, for example, have claimed iMacs are
> overpriced or not a good tool, but I have repeatedly asked what tool would
> serve me as well or better than my iMac (at a similar or lower price). The
> answer, of course, is that no tool would. None.
>
> Same with my iPod - even though it is a bit small to type and read on, it
> serves me well. I do not know the alternate tools in that category as well,
> but from what I have read and seen, an Android device would not serve me as
> well, either. Again, though, I have not really played with Android or any
> devices much.
You should get out more.
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