Word: logic
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...conservatives at Amherst understood that these seats were devised with certain groups in mind, namely groups defined by race and sexual preference. Accordingly, the conservatives adopted a radical approach in order to illustrate the hypocrisy of the left and explicate the connection between diversity seats and the logic of determinism: they sought a conservative diversity seat...
...argue that there exists in an individual qualities that can be imputed as a result of his or her race. To justify the placement of a value—positive or negative—on a person based on skin color or sexual orientation requires resorting to the flawed logic of determinism. According to this paradigm, a person exists first not as an individual, but rather as a member of a homogeneous group, and exhibits specific characteristics directly as a result of this categorization...
Apparently, according to the logic of some members of the Kuumba Singers of Harvard College, including its president, I would...
...does the world need three missions carrying five craft to Mars? Surely the scientific community would lower its costs if it pooled money, brainpower and technology in a group effort. Alas, the glory of being the first to bring back data about life on Mars defies financial logic. As Pillinger says, "There cannot be a human in the world who has not looked at the stars in the night sky and thought, 'Are we alone?' Some say it would be like the moment in the 16th century when Copernicus discovered that we revolved around the sun, not the sun round...
...masters a subject, marshals the facts behind an argument and then patiently and dispassionately lays out the case in his Joe Friday manner. "He never yells; he never even raises his voice," says a close friend and adviser. "He just buries you, slowly, with the force of his logic...