When I was going to college I needed to satisfy my math requirements. This proved to be a little bit of a problem, as Im much better with macaroni noodles and construction paper than I am with numbers and equations. Well, thankfully I was able to take a logic course to complete my math credits. My professor was this hilarious guy who dressed much like he was a founding member of the Trench Coat Mafia, except that he dont carry a gun and he was remarkably adept at logic and sound reasoning. His name was Stephen and I think about him often. At times maybe because I thing that he was funny, but mostly because I am overwhelmed on a daily basis by the outlandish claims by politicians, advertisers, people in general, etc, which have absolutely not a nuance of logical basis for their claims. I think the world would be a difficult place for Stephen to wander through.
Another of these now familiar incidents that spits in the face of logic surfaced recently when I was reading about outdoor advertising ideas. From the start Id like to point out that this isnt to say that an illogical premise doesnt ultimately make a claim that isnt true. Conversely a soundly reasoned...