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How might one define magic logically?Now I know that there are many definitions for magic itself online, but how would this pertain to magical thinking when defining magic? Could it be defined as unknown science, perhaps? |
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Fallacies in this text?You think about what MLK stood for,” Mr DeSantis said on 15 December. “He said he didn’t want people judged on the colour of their skin, but on the content of their character. You listen to some of these people nowadays, they don&r... |
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Political Fallacy?A lot of republicans are saying that if Trump was president the war in the Ukraine would of never happened! That Putin would of been scared of Trump! Also that Trump is tough and means business unlike Biden who is seen as weak! |
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What’s the fallacy in this argument?When I was a little girl my grandpa took my out shooting in his backyard. I used to hit food cans with BB guns. He was obviously the person Barrack Obama had in mind when he famously and derisively mocked gun owners and other rural people as clinger... |
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The, "Asking for a friend" phrase.I have noticed a lot of social media memes use the phrase, "asking for a friend" after they have hidden a false or misleading suggestion/claim into a question. The phrase seems to be used as a subtile manipulation tactic to help convince people of t... |
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Is this a thought terminating cliche“Only you are responsible for your own actions”. A common saying that seems overtly dismissive of any context of why someone committed their actions. It’s just the same thing is as saying your actions don’t make y... |
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Talking about your point of view like it's axiomatic.A bit like saying, "I don't know why you're questioning this, you're so obviously wrong, you're making yourself look stupid" with little to nothing to back it up. Or there's making out that what you're disputing isn't generally disputed. Or just mak... |
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Is there a correlation causation fallacy?For example: Republicans blaming Biden for high gas prices because of correlation not causation. They conflate the two and assume correlation is causation. The correlation being gas prices went up during Biden's presidency. Therefore, Biden m... |
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How to refute an argument based on “It makes me feel good what’s wrong with that”?I noticed perhaps when I push an argument to absurdity maybe it comes off as condescending or equivocating. Or perhaps it goes right Over their head. Someone told me that if thinking homeopathy makes them feel better why is that bad? I told taking p... |
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They all disagree so its all bunkWhat if I said that the study of economics is pointless because everyone disagrees and therefore the whole subject is bunk? This is bad reasoning but is it a fallacy? Mathematicians agree that 2+2=4 but there is much less consensus over ... |