If you+ havn't played this, you should. It's an awesome flight simulator. You can also make custom spaceships and stuff for it, but you need skills in 3D modelling and things for that. If you are still interested in modding, you can find some online tutorials.
Sunday 14 August 2011
Orbiter Space Flight Simulator
Orbiter Space Flight Simulator
If you+ havn't played this, you should. It's an awesome flight simulator. You can also make custom spaceships and stuff for it, but you need skills in 3D modelling and things for that. If you are still interested in modding, you can find some online tutorials.
If you+ havn't played this, you should. It's an awesome flight simulator. You can also make custom spaceships and stuff for it, but you need skills in 3D modelling and things for that. If you are still interested in modding, you can find some online tutorials.
Fallacies
A fallacy is a flaw in logic. Here is a guide to some of them (put in the familiar context of a intelligence design promoter):
Appeal to Authority
Example: Isaac Newton was Christian, therefore Christianity is right!
Definition: The idea that a person in charge/famous person supports your argument, so it must be right.
Counter Argument: Just because he was good at one thing, doesn't mean he is good at everything.
Appeal to the Masses
Example: There are 2 billion Christians, therefore Christianity is right!
Definition: The idea that a lot of people support your argument, so it must be right.
Counter Argument: A million people could believe that gravity is nonexistant or that pi=3, but that doesn't make those statements any more true.
Fallacy of Composition
Example: Humans are intelligent, humans are part of the universe, therefore the universe is intelligent
Definition: The idea the something true about a part means the same thing is true about the whole.
Counter Argument: Just because a part of something has a property, it doesn't mean the whole of it has a property. For example, though the universe contains empty space, doesn't mean that the whole universe is empty space.
Ad Hominem
Example: Soviet Russia promoted Atheism, so Atheism can't be right
Definition: The idea that someone's beliefs/actions are linked to negative things they did
Counter Argument: Soviet Russians also breathed, so by your logic, breathing is wrong.
Double-barreled question
Example:
ID Promoter: Are you an atheist/evolutionist who attacks people for their beliefs?
Atheist: No.
ID Promoter: So you admit you are religious?
Definiton: A question that cannot be answered accurately with a yes/no question.
Counter Argument: I am an atheist, however I do not attack people.
Appeal to Authority
Example: Isaac Newton was Christian, therefore Christianity is right!
Definition: The idea that a person in charge/famous person supports your argument, so it must be right.
Counter Argument: Just because he was good at one thing, doesn't mean he is good at everything.
Appeal to the Masses
Example: There are 2 billion Christians, therefore Christianity is right!
Definition: The idea that a lot of people support your argument, so it must be right.
Counter Argument: A million people could believe that gravity is nonexistant or that pi=3, but that doesn't make those statements any more true.
Fallacy of Composition
Example: Humans are intelligent, humans are part of the universe, therefore the universe is intelligent
Definition: The idea the something true about a part means the same thing is true about the whole.
Counter Argument: Just because a part of something has a property, it doesn't mean the whole of it has a property. For example, though the universe contains empty space, doesn't mean that the whole universe is empty space.
Ad Hominem
Example: Soviet Russia promoted Atheism, so Atheism can't be right
Definition: The idea that someone's beliefs/actions are linked to negative things they did
Counter Argument: Soviet Russians also breathed, so by your logic, breathing is wrong.
Double-barreled question
Example:
ID Promoter: Are you an atheist/evolutionist who attacks people for their beliefs?
Atheist: No.
ID Promoter: So you admit you are religious?
Definiton: A question that cannot be answered accurately with a yes/no question.
Counter Argument: I am an atheist, however I do not attack people.
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