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Part one is about how science works even when the public thinks it doesn't. Part two will certainly ruffle some feathers by offering a reason- and science-based perspective on issues where political correctness has gone awry. Part three provides some data-driven advice for your health and well-being. Part four looks at human behavior and how we can better navigate our social worlds. In part five we put on our skeptical goggles and critically examine a few commonly-held beliefs. In the final section, we look at a few ways how we all can make the world a better place.
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A false accusation is just a factually incorrect claim of wrongdoing. There's no fallacy by default. If accusations are used in the context of a wider argument to distract from some weakness in the speaker's case - especially if the accusations are baseless - they could fall under some fallacy category. To be broad, these would all be considered relevance fallacies. One example could be ad hominem (tu quoque) where someone accuses you of hypocrisy, and uses your supposed hypocrisy to suggest your conclusion is false. This cannot be the case - the truth of the conclusion is independent of the person making that conclusion - and is a fallacious tactic, more so when the accusation is baseless or even false. |
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