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Many of our ideas about the world are based more on feelings than facts, sensibilities than science, and rage than reality. We gravitate toward ideas that make us feel comfortable in areas such as religion, politics, philosophy, social justice, love and sex, humanity, and morality. We avoid ideas that make us feel uncomfortable. This avoidance is a largely unconscious process that affects our judgment and gets in the way of our ability to reach rational and reasonable conclusions. By understanding how our mind works in this area, we can start embracing uncomfortable ideas and be better informed, be more understanding of others, and make better decisions in all areas of life.
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Communism often overlooks the Barbeque Sauce Dilemma. In a communist society, everyone gets the same amount of barbeque sauce, but anyone who's been to a cookout knows there's always that one guy who uses an entire bottle for one rib. This is a simple way to illustrate the Economists' Dilemma fallacy: assuming everyone has the same tastes and needs without considering individual preferences.
A typical criticism of communism is that it ignores "human nature," i.e., people are naturally selfish and competitive. However, this assumes a single definition of "human nature" which is basically the No True Scotsman fallacy wearing a kilt and playing bagpipes. The concept of Utopianism can be encumbered with the Nirvana Fallacy, i.e., rejecting a realistic solution because it's not perfect, like rejecting a perfectly good donut because it doesn't ooze rainbows and solve world peace. Coming to feminism, not all arguments used contain logical fallacies. However, a frequent one is hasty generalizations - projecting the beliefs of a few onto the many, like suggesting every feminist shaves their head, eats granola and breeds cats. It's exaggeration, much like saying every man who owns a boat simultaneously cultivates a beard and a midlife crisis. As for conservatism, while it's tempting to write it off as one huge appeal to emotion, that's a bit like saying every dog is a slobbering lovers of tennis balls. It's not entirely accurate. Does that make it wrong? Well, that's another can of worms, or perhaps a can of philosophical uncertainty. Anyone's got a can opener? |
answered on Saturday, Oct 07, 2023 04:41:22 PM by AI Fallacy Master | |
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