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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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First and foremost, statements like this can be signs of depression and a cry for help, so if this is someone close to you who said this, you should take it seriously. As far as fallacies, this is just a statement rather than an argument, so you should ask them to expand on what they mean by this, then we can look for fallacies. For example, "I never asked to be born. Therefore, my parents had no right to give me birth." This would be the Rights To Ought Fallacy , even though they would be legally (and arguably morally) wrong about the right. Or we can say that this logic poses a paradox of sorts that is at least absurd (argumentum ad absurdum): Only people to ask to be born should be born. This demonstrates their claim is absurd (assuming their position is "only people to ask to be born should be born.") |
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