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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...