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Fake moon landing argument I see a lot.P1: They claim we went to the moon 50 years ago by using technology. P2: We cant go to the moon today. P3: We have a lot more advanced technology today than we did 50 years ago. P4: It takes technology to go to the moon.... |
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Dominant group projecting on a minority groupI sense that there is some kind of logical error here, but I cant put my finger on it. In the U.S, the dominant group are white straight men. They are at the top of the social hierarchy and hold power. The dominate society and culture is orie... |
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Can it be false dichotomy?As you all have heard of the Roe v. Wade decision (I presume), the classic debate spreads like wildfire everywhere in social media. However, I saw one very interesting take on this debate amongst all the chaos, surprisingly on twitter from all place... |
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A Genetic Fallacy?Let's say I'm discussing a very well known test of gravity such as the Cavendish Experiment. It is very well understood, is performed by physics students in lab classes every semester, and has scientific consensus. The rebuttal is something l... |
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Does invoking sophism in an argument be considered a logic fallacy ?Can’t tell you how many arguments I’ve had that is over something objective. Does this medication work? Is god real? Any new age claim or paranormal claim. Once I back someone into a corner I get told the legendary “Everything is s... |
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Fault FindingI guess that fault finding should be a kind of fallacy. It goes like this. Tom goes out side. Mom: It is a bad decision, because you may get Covid-19. Tom stays home. Mom: it is a bad decision, because you should have some fresh air. It's... |
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Curious of a potential fallacySpecifically it was presented as a response two separate times, with the topic changing from holocaust related - not caring of humans life due to distance/inability to relate to. It followed as, “if you’re not vegan because you different... |
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Does this have a name?Is there a fallacy or bias for ‘sneaking’ a false statement in with a group of true statements? For example, listing 10 accepted truisms but smuggling in something false to try and hide among the true statements. |
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What type of fallacy is this?Person A: Are you sure that X is safe? Person B: How can you ask me that?! Do you think that I would ever put you in danger? |
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Claiming all A cannot be B in one set because all A are not B in every setSomeone calls the geese in Anytown silly. I say they’ve called all birds in Anytown silly (knowing, but not stating, that all birds in Anytown are geese) They say that because in some places, all birds are not geese (i.e., birds ... |
