Cerpin Taxt
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No.Originally posted by: Satchel
Isn't satire (along with sarcasm) one of the most common forms of reductio ad absurdum?Originally posted by: Garth
You still haven't bothered to learn what a reductio ad absurdum is. Here's a hint: The IPU isn't one. The IPU isn't even an argument. It's satire for Christ's sake.
No, and no.Your sarcastic comment about Swami Vic and the lottery numbers was a text book example of reductio ad absurdum. But you already knew that, right?
"There is a fairly common misconception that reductio ad absurdum simply denotes 'a silly argument' and is itself a formal fallacy. However, this is not correct; a properly constructed reductio constitutes a correct argument."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reductio_ad_absurdum
Christ almighty. :roll: