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Logical fallacy or just a "hare"-brained ideaThe tortoise wins the race not because it is faster, but because it is more persistent. Likewise, people with PhDs are not smarter than those who don't. Like the tortoise, they simply keep at it until they finish, after which they return to being s... |
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False equivilance & false analogy?This is an tweet I've seen online. "If a 16-year old wanted to adopt a child, the government wouldn't allow it. She isn't done with her education, she can't financially support herself, and she isn't a legal adult. But if she gets pregnant, the gov... |
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If there is a guilt by association fallacy, is there also a praise by association fallacy as well?Here is an example from a article headline I saw: P1: Florida has the lowest Covid-19 case rate in the country. p2: Ron DeSantis did this without vaccine mandates, without mask mandates in school and with no restrictions on businesse... |
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Suicide debatePerson 1: My friend has been feeling suicidal so she is going to see a psychiatrist. Person 2: Risk of suicide increases after consulting a psychiatrist. Person 1: Of course, suicidal people would be more likely to go to a psychiatrist, just as you ... |
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Activist Logical Fallacy?"If you tolerate, you are complicit." Math wise, it goes like this: A: Person A is morally against Position Y. B: Person B 'tolerates' Position Y. (Tolerate in this instance meaning that Person B doesn't support Position Y but doesn't act out agains... |
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Comment on Saint Mary of Egypt....Here is an article on Saint Mary of Egypt , who is said to have lived sometime between the 3rd and 6th centuries. And here is what a person wrote in the comment section. Let's see how people respond to this comment --, ie Mary may not have ex... |
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What type of logical fallacy is this?"Because Kozol's forte is the detailed description of the school, the classroom, the work of the teacher and its effect on the student, we do not get from him any large discussion of why this resegregation has occurred." What fallacy am I d... |
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Mocking the positionThis is something I've come across many times, though I'm not sure it's a fallacy or just an unscrupulous debate tactic. I don't really think it's an appeal to ridicule , as that involves exaggerating an argument beyond reason. Basically, instead ... |
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Is this nirvana fallacy?Person 1: Working in fast food restaurants will soon be obsolete and be replaced with robots Person 2: That may be true, but we still need humans in the kitchen in case the food quality is not good Person 1: People get food poisoned and get served... |
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Jonathan SwiftIs there a fallacy in this statement? “Words are but wind, and learning is nothing but words; ergo, learning is nothing but wind.” -- A TALE OF A TUB by Jonathan Swift |
