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Internet memes often have multiple fallacies within a single sentence.I ran across this meme on social media today. "Are we being quarantined until there are no germs left in the world, or until the election is over? " The entire question is framed as a Complex Question Fallacy because the question has a presupposition built into it. Since only two options are given, it also makes it a False Dilemma Fallacy. There are a lot more than just the two options given. This is also a Non-Sequitur Fallacy since quarantine does not eliminate all germs on earth, therefore the conclusion does not follow from the premise. Does anyone else observe on social media that the more fallacious the meme, the more popular and viral it becomes? Most human beings seem to gravitate towards fallacious reasoning, does anyone know why this happens? I also dare not reply to the meme as I do here, for whenever I do I get personally attacked and ridiculed very harshly with a slue of even more fallacies. When I call out those fallacies in an effort to help them with their reasoning it just seems to confuse and anger the commenter and the commenters tribe even more. They seem to have a fight or flight response to learning logic. Does anyone know why this is? |
asked on Thursday, May 14, 2020 05:45:53 PM by Jason Mathias | |
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