To: Michael
To: Mike
You wrote:
"I haven't had time to read it totally, but I have to disagree with the first article you have posted in your essay.....
And since this article is wrong, and your essay might continue on this article... well, I don't bother."
I would say 3 things:
1. I do not feel as though you proved that animals universally do not chew the cud as an idle pastime or that all of them exhibit the behavior that you described.
2. If the peer reviewed science journal I cited from was wrong regarding the behavior you described that would not necessarily make the whole essay wrong. Logicians say that when you claim the whole is entirely wrong because a part is wrong is called a fallacy of composition. And I do not believe you proved your case as I noted above.
3. I think if you decided to read the whole article plus the next post's resources you might change your opinion. I would ask though that should you choose to make another post in this string you of read al of my material first.
Sincerely,
Ken