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Whats this logical form called?X is the enemy. X says Y is true. Therefore, the opposite of Y must be the real truth. A real world example would be: "Facebook fact checked me, then censored me as being extremist content, therefore what I posted must be the re... |
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Is this just an inconsistency or what?My standards for a joke comment is if it is written with emojis, some inconsistency uses for uppercase and lowercase letters, the word "sarcasm" written in the end inside parentheses, and/or a comment so ridiculous and/or exaggerated no people with ... |
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Double standard, special pleading or false equivalence and faulty comparison fallacy or all the above?Were the different reactions towards the terrorist attacks of 911 vs Jan 6 a double standard and special pleading fallacy? Or is comparing them a false comparison fallacy and false equivalence fallacy? (mainstream perceived cause muslims) 9... |
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What fallacy or deception is this when falsely attributing a claim to the person making the claim when that person is not the primary source of the claimThere seems to be a logical fallacy going on here that I see a lot. Its falsely attributing a claim to the person making the claim when that person is not the primary source of the claim, they are only repeating it. DOJ and FBI data res... |
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Fallacy of causation in alternative medicine?What's the correct name for the fallacy used by someone who attempts to support a form of pseudoscience with anecdotal evidence? So, they may argue that this particularly example of quackery works because they tried it and it cured them or had the d... |
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What does Person 1 keep doing to Person 2? Going off on tangents to distract but whats that called exactly?Both were obviously talking about modern man, then person 1 instead of conceding to a correction he pretends like he was talking about other species millions of years ago? And then when that started to fail he starts talking about Alligators... How ... |
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Do accusations of rationalising fall under Bulverism?One of my pet peeves is when someone accuses their opponent of rationalising during a debate or argument. The idea of asserting what is going on inside someone else's mind seems condescending and arrogant to me. The same applies for accusations of '... |
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What fallacy is this?Examples: 1: We can't explain why the lamp just moved, therefore it must be supernatural. 2: No one can explain it, therefore it must be aliens. 3: I don't know what these little things are that I am seeing under the microscope in the covid ... |
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What type of fallacy is this? (Featuring Bertrand Russell)Someone on Quora asked the question: "Why was Bertrand Russell so critical of Nietzsche?". One of the responses especially stood out to me as it was written by a professor of law with a BA in philosophy. You would expect someone with thos... |
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Colin PowellWhere is the logical fallacy here? Colin Powell was fully vaxxed and yet he died from complications from Covid-19. Therefore, the vaccines do not work. |
