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Appeal to personal moral superiority?I was in an argument about speed limits (again) and I was pointing out the sheer level of non-compliance frequently over 90% and as high as 97% as indicative that the speed limit was incorrect, I suppose this alone could be seen as argumentum ad pop... |
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Is there a fallacy involved here?I recently got into a discussion with someone about defining veganism and they used a lot of formal logic to show my definition led to absurdities according to them. I had said my minimum definition would be ‘a position against commodifying an... |
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Is this person asking to substitute academic rigor with public opinion?From here : If "gender-affirming care" is so good, the activists and doctors who promote it—and profit from it—should defend their practices in the realm public opinion. In a democracy, everyone gets to weigh in on important issues, no... |
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What sort of fallacy is this?From here : So, the votes of 75 percent of Oklahoma’s citizens are invalid, because the “emerging awareness” doctrine declares that 5,000 years of human tradition constitute “an arbitrary, irrational exclusion.” &nb... |
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Guns Are Designed to Kill Bad People?In a video @ https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=149148723912527 someone suggests that Ben Shapiro is hypocritical in opposing abortion but not supporting gun control. Shapiro replies that abortion kills babies, but "Guns are designed... |
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What do I do hereIgnorant person im dealing with, very stupid, lives in there moms basement, and eats hot pockets for breakfast, lunch, and dinner I explain something using logical thinking and everything, and when I give analogy of there logic and they refuse to a... |
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What do I do?Someone trolls me, I get annoyed and angry They say: "chill dude I was just trolling" What do I do, the intent of trolling is to get someone annoyed and they say it's wrong to get annoyed at a troll |
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What sort of fallacy, if any, does this argument follow?What are your thoughts about this: https://www.reddit.com/r/askphilosophy/comments/xicw8a/raskphilosophy_open_discussion_thread_september/ipaj5mn/ This level of smug pseudo-intellectual idiocy requires a fisking. In order to reduce repetitiveness,... |
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How can I respond to someone who says analogy is bad when it's notMy analogy to there ignorant argument was They said a pencil was the same as wood because pencils come from wood And I said that's like saying, bread is the same as wheat because bread comes from wheat They just say it's bad analogy and there's o... |
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What is this fallacy that person 2 madePerson 1: heroin is highly addictive therefore its bad for people Person 2: heroin isn't addictive because addiction was around before heroin |
