stevedeery (27)in #btc • 7 years ago • NoneBitcoin is up 729% - Look on the bright sideBitcoin might be down a tad from it's all time high. But let’s look on the bright side: Bitcoin is still up 729% since…stevedeery (27)in #campolo • 7 years ago • NoneTomorrow is Sunday - What is love? Anthony Campolo tells you all need to knowI saw Anthony Campolo give this talk at the 'Million Dollar Round Table' annual meeting in Dallas Texas in June 1983.…stevedeery (27)in #ver • 7 years ago • NoneBitcoin Cash - Spendin' cash, talkin' trashThere are so many articles, tweets, op-eds and blogs about the ‘virtues’ and ‘supremacy’ of Bitcoin Cash it is hard to…stevedeery (27)in #robin • 7 years ago • NoneAllegories of a Great City - NottinghamThe carvings on Nottingham Council House have not been seem up close since the were carved back in the late 1920s when…stevedeery (27)in #ripple • 7 years ago • NoneRipple's Missing 32,00 blocks - OUCH!Unlike Bitcoin Ripple nodes keep a ledger instead of a blockchain. This ledger has no history but rather contains the…stevedeery (27)in #raindance • 7 years agosteemCreated with Sketch. • NoneRaindance - Live Love RememberWe wrote, shot and edited this piece in 48 hours for the Raindance/collabor8te 48 hour film festival. It was…stevedeery (27)in #weak-analogies • 7 years agosteemCreated with Sketch. • None#10 - 10 Sales Tricks to Avoid - Weak Analogies and Appeals to Ignorance argumentsWeak Analogies and Appeals to Ignorance arguments: Using analogies in a sales presentation can aid our…stevedeery (27)in #selling • 7 years agosteemCreated with Sketch. • None#9 - 10 Sales Tricks to Avoid - Majority Belief and Perfectionists argumentsMajority Belief and Perfectionists arguments: It is not unusual for us to take our lead about what is an appropriate…stevedeery (27)in #red-herring • 7 years agosteemCreated with Sketch. • None#8 - 10 Sales Tricks to Avoid - Red Herrings and Ad Hominem argumentsRed Herrings and Ad Hominem arguments: As consumers we are entitled to raise objections to any proposal put to us by…stevedeery (27)in #begging • 7 years agosteemCreated with Sketch. • None#7 - 10 Sales Tricks to Avoid - Begging the Question & Straw Man argumentsBegging the Question and Straw Man arguments: Another source of poor argument is one that caricatures the real…stevedeery (27)in #selling • 7 years agosteemCreated with Sketch. • None#6 - 10 Sales Tricks to Avoid - Conditional and Appeals to Force argumentsConditional and Appeals to Force arguments: For an argument to be an argument it needs premises and a conclusion.…stevedeery (27)in #ought • 7 years agosteemCreated with Sketch. • None#5 - 10 Sales Tricks to Avoid - Getting an Ought from an Is argumentGetting an Ought from an Is argument: During a sales presentation errors in reasoning are not always easy to spot.…stevedeery (27)in #weasel-words • 7 years agosteemCreated with Sketch. • None#4 - 10 Sales Tricks to Avoid - Weasel Words, False Causes and Slippery Slope argumentsWeasel Words, False Causes and Slippery Slope arguments: While it would be desirable if salespeople presented us…stevedeery (27)in #closing • 7 years agosteemCreated with Sketch. • None#3 - 10 Sales Tricks to Avoid - Arguing from the Particular to the GeneralArguing from the Particular to the General: In our continued look at the often unfair and foul nature of some sales…stevedeery (27)in #closing • 7 years agosteemCreated with Sketch. • None#2 - 10 Sales Tricks to Avoid - Selective Evidence and Complex QuestionsSelective evidence: When sources of evidences are used to support claims made in a sales presentation that evidence…stevedeery (27)in #selling • 7 years agosteemCreated with Sketch. • None#1 - 10 Sales Tricks to Avoid - False Dilemmas & Poisoned Well argumentsWhat we want from a salesperson is advice presented in the form of a sound argument – a set of reasons or evidence in…stevedeery (27)in #thriller • 7 years ago • NoneBFI winning short film - Just Talk to Me.Three winning scripts from the BFI MacGuffin Short Thriller Competition were posted online. Filmmakers under 25…stevedeery (27)in #russian • 7 years ago • NoneDavos - Bitcoin dimwits - Theresa May and Christine LagardeAt their meeting in Davos World Economic Forum Christine Lagarde, head of the International Monetary Fund, said that…stevedeery (27)in #free-will • 7 years ago • None#4 - A Problem for Free Will - Determinism or Epiphenomenalism§4. The Problems for Free Will: I began in §1.1 by outlining three propositions derived from Davidson’s opening…stevedeery (27)in #reductivism • 7 years ago • None#3 - A Problem for Free Will - Supervenience§3. Supervenience and the Anomalousness of the Mental: 3.1 Incompatibility between supervenience and anomalousness…