Re:He wrote the future: On Arthur C. Clarke's centenary
by BeetleB on Monday January 23, 2017 @10:31AM
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>I find it very suspicious that a wealthy European man would choose to live in a wartorn country.
This is the classic example of: "Out of ignorance comes certainty."
You're essentially saying that because you cannot explain the behavior of one individual, then the explanation is likely/must be X.
You don't know = ignorance
It must be X = certainty.
Just as an FYI, he moved there long before it was a wartorn country. He chose to stay. Just as so many wealthy Sri Lankans who could have left did not. Why focus on the wealthy European and not the wealthy locals?
This is the classic example of: "Out of ignorance comes certainty."
You're essentially saying that because you cannot explain the behavior of one individual, then the explanation is likely/must be X.
You don't know = ignorance
It must be X = certainty.
Just as an FYI, he moved there long before it was a wartorn country. He chose to stay. Just as so many wealthy Sri Lankans who could have left did not. Why focus on the wealthy European and not the wealthy locals?