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Is the act of unaliving oneself easier than continuing to live?killing oneself is often easier than continuing to live and endure life's hardships, because life contains so much suffering and each one of us has to strive to keep on living. I've read this claim in a psychology textbook, and it made me wonder if ... |
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Is the belief in atoms a pragmatic fallacy?The claim is made that the world is made up of atoms, and this has led to many practical and useful results. Thus, people believe that atoms exist. Is this a pragmatic fallacy? Or could it be some sort of reification fallacy, believing an abstract... |
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UniverseWhat was here before the universe? Who created it? |
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If you were smart enough, you'd agree with me"If you actually understood me, you'd agree with me" You see this kind of reasoning quite often, where it's insinuated that if you disagree with the speaker, you must be stupid or uninformed. I feel like this is kind of using people's emoti... |
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Fallacious?There’s just something fallacious to me about the statement “no person is illegal on stolen land” and the way in which it’s used in political discourse. I feel like I know but I’m curious what everyone else thinks. ... |
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is there anything particularly wrong in this exchange?Person A: "I pirate the software, because frankly these studios don't need my $20 to stave off bankruptcy" Person B: "If everyone thought like you, they'd go bankrupt" |
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Guilt by association or something else?I recently came across a post on Facebook from a male feminist which states the following: "Of course it's not all men. But if I make exceptions for some men when I talk about it, then all men will see themselves as the exception, they will gloss ov... |
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Fallacy identification?Recently looking at a video on defense against a knife attack, and the expert explaining says: "Since less than one percent of people in the world are martial artists, the vast majority of people who survive a knife attack are also not martial arti... |
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Are there any issues with this syllogism as regards a natural origin of life (abiogenesis)?P1. All life requires proteins. P2. All protein synthesis occurs within life (within cells). Conclusion: Therefore, abiogenesis is not possible. |
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Basic definition is flawedI've seen this statement made several times by Matt Dillahunty, and again here and I believe the statement, as explicitly stated, is misleading if not outright false. The statement is: >If the premises are true, then the conclusion must be true.... |
