05-20-2011, 05:07 AM
--Pete Wrote: First, to be clear: "begging the question" is a logical fallacy where one side asks the other to accept an assumption that is logically equivalent to the conclusion that the asking side is trying to prove. Although often used by ignorant people to mean "raising the question", it is not the same thing.I didn't know that. And I'm fairly certain I've made this mistake before.
--Pete Wrote: If it can be fixed, it's called ignorance. If it can't, it's called stupidity.Which only begs the question was I stupid? and raises the question was I ignorant?