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Part one is about how science works even when the public thinks it doesn't. Part two will certainly ruffle some feathers by offering a reason- and science-based perspective on issues where political correctness has gone awry. Part three provides some data-driven advice for your health and well-being. Part four looks at human behavior and how we can better navigate our social worlds. In part five we put on our skeptical goggles and critically examine a few commonly-held beliefs. In the final section, we look at a few ways how we all can make the world a better place.
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answered on Saturday, Jan 09, 2021 09:53:30 AM by Patrick | |
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It is an ad. The appeal to extremes is "erroneously attempting to make a reasonable argument into an absurd one, by taking the argument to the extremes." I am guessing you are conflating the absurd hypothetical I referenced (killing humans for food) with the argument being absurd itself. Plus, this doesn't follow the form of the fallacy: If X is true, then Y must also be true (where Y is the extreme of X). The fallacious version would go as follows: "If it's true that eating fish is okay, then it also must be true that eating humans is okay," where "humans" is can be seen as the extreme form of life (in terms of complexity, consciousness, etc.). As an aside (not that it matters here), in the book, I discuss the actual problems with this argument. The book is NOT a book that supports veganism. |
answered on Saturday, Jan 09, 2021 07:49:17 AM by Bo Bennett, PhD | |
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