Why?

Extremely busy now, but I just need to say this. In the first tutorial class I took I taught my students validity and soundness. I said then, "let me define a strong argument as one that is both valid and her premises reasonably sound". In a recent assignment, a couple of them, in answering the question "do you think argument x is successful?", wrote: "I define a successful argument as one that is both valid and reasonably sound".

I thought that was pretty cute.

Never Let Me Go

I watched Never Let Me Go a couple of months back. I didn't think it was very good. It moved slowly, but it didn't have enough depth to justify that speed. Thus I got mildly bored during some parts of the film. What it did get right, though, was the ending scene. A beautiful package - scenery, music and narration.



There's a part where the camera zooms in briefly on the fence. For some reason I can't pinpoint, I think that was essential to the beauty of the entire scene.