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A few fallacies could apply: argument to the purse - this is committed by the scam victim (intended or real) if they are swayed by the supposed 'success' of the crypto scammer rather than fairly evaluating their claims. pragmatic fallacy - "if it worked for me, it'll work for you!" There's also the risk of survivorship bias when they present "testimonials" of success. When they show people who "made it", they're also not showing you the ones who failed - even though they probably outnumber those who succeeded. The intention is to make you think you have a better chance of 'making it' than you actually do. |
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answered on Friday, Aug 19, 2022 12:31:54 AM by TrappedPrior (RotE) | ||||
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Is this your argument? If so, we could write new arguments to list reasons on why we shouldn't buy the product: Reason 1. Reason 2. Reason 3. Reason 4. Reason 5. Suppose that the first line in the argument for abstaining is true. Reason 2. Reason 3. Reason 4. Reason 5. |
answered on Friday, Aug 19, 2022 06:02:29 PM by Jorge | |
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