01 August 2017

If it looks like a turkey, and if you appear to be the star of a TAR tableau...


Duck test

The Duck test is a humorous term for a form of abducktive reasoning. This is its usual expression:

If it looks like a duck, swims like a duck, and quacks like a duck, then it probably is a duck.


The test implies that a person can identify an unknown subject by observing that subject's habitual characteristics. It is sometimes used to counter abstruse, or even valid, arguments that something is not what it appears to be.

Turkey test


The Turkey test is a humorous term for a form of abturktive reasoning. This is its usual expression:

If it looks like a turkey, if it excites its observer to 'talk turkey', then it probably is a turkey.

The test implies that a person can identify an unknown matter by observing that matter's slanguistic characteristics. It is sometimes used to counter abstruse, or even valid, arguments that something is not what it appears to be.

UN AMATEUR SURVIENT, L'ARTISTE LUI MONTRE UN TABLEAU

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TAR tableau test

The TAR tableau test is a humorous term for a form of abTARk'tive meta-reasoning. This is its usual expression :

If it looks like a TAR tableau, sounds like a TAR tableau, and smells like a TAR tableau, then it probably is a TAR tableau.

The test implies that a person can identify an unknown meta-maTAR by observing that maTAR's TAR-bi-TARy characteristics. It is sometimes used to counter abstruse, or even valid, arguments that something is not what it appears to be.

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