Camels and Nessie (Reasoning and Logic)

Camel Wash
I'd like to belive the article on the Al Qaeda terrorists as i think it would be fitting of them to be reduced to such methods. However, i find it highly unlikely and think that the tone of the article does not convey enough seriousness in respect to the gravity of the situation. The article reads like one big joke which is not appropriate to such a sensitive topic such as terrorism. Thus, i do not believe the article as it is for entertainment purposes. The evidence is unverifiable and i think the point of the article was just to give the media some relief from the usual doom and gloom articles on terrorists.

Loch Ness Monster
It's real. She exists. As a Scot, you can take my word on it. I've been there, she was sleeping when i went but i would just like to clarify that yes she is real.
As for the article i would say that i do believe this mans account. It is so typical of life to present someone with a kodak moment when they do not have a camera, i find it particularly believable that a guy with a camera had just life because, to put it simply, c'est la vie. This guy is not trying too hard to convince his listeners, he is content with knowing the truth for himself thus i find him more sincere.

I guess "correct reasoning" would be applying facts, logic and method to an unknown in order to produce the likeliest, plausible outcome.

A good argument would be a point which is being proved beyond any doubt with evidence. It has been approached from all angles and is logical and plausible. A bad argument, on the contrary, would have no or little followable thought process behind it, have obscure reasoning and only address a narrow band of possibilities.

Well, a flaw of reasoning is that with different facts, opinions and life experience, many different conclusions could be reached. It is very much dependant on the person applying it. Some people are more open minded than others, people have a range of beliefs.

Oops i just realised that the document was showing what logic attempts to do not asking me to answer questions. Moving on...

Deductive logic -
All girls have long hair
I am a girl
I have long hair.

Inductive logic -
Uhmmm, when i was a little girl i went to a tiny primary school where. to my knowledge, the teachers had been teachers for their entire working career. When i got to high school i discovered that some people had had careers in other areas of work other than teaching. I had applied information and reasoning to a situation i was familiar with and came up with the wrong conclusion, this is inductive logic.