We’re always pleased when our readers write to us with questions or comments that really make us think. Here, for example, is reader K.S., who writes: Perhaps it was intended facetiously, if so I ...

To say that it does is a logical fallacy. However, correlation absolutely can be evidence for causation, the quality of which depends upon, for example, whether the correlation is actually feasible, ...

There is no statutory requirement that formal logic be adhered to during examination of patent claims. Examiners and patent practitioners are free to use a wide variety of discussion and argument ...

Elegance, logic, simplicity, economy: these are the buzzwords that design geeks live for. If only all the gadgets and devices and feature laden wonder packages made sense then wouldn’t the world be a ...

We’ve heard a lot about fake news. But also beware of fake logic. So let’s have a brief lesson in Latin and logic. In logic, a classic fallacy is known as post hoc ergo propter hoc. That Latin phrase, ...

The biggest lie those who create and spread misinformation perpetrate is that they want you to think for yourself. They warn their target audience not to be "sheep" and not to let themselves be told ...

Jonah Goldberg commits the basic logical fallacy of “two wrongs make a right.” President Bush’s may not be “the most radical presidency we have ever had,” and Bush may be matched in his transgressions ...

To say that it does is a logical fallacy. However, correlation absolutely can be evidence for causation, the quality of which depends upon, for example, whether the correlation is actually feasible, ...