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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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Essentially, parts of the whole are true, therefore the whole is true. Sounds like fallacy of composition .
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answered on Saturday, Jul 22, 2023 02:41:49 PM by Bo Bennett, PhD | ||||
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all critiques of it should be dismissed... Sounds a tad hasty to me, but more opinion and weak argument than a fallacy. |
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answered on Saturday, Jul 22, 2023 12:58:08 PM by Mchasewalker | ||||
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Appeal to authority? If they're describing something as evidence-based, then they would appear to be invoking either science, government officials who supposedly conducted some sort of investigation, or possibly media rats with their polls and surveys. If the "evidence" they speak of is faked, then there might also be another fallacy involved - or should we just call it a lie? |
answered on Sunday, Jul 23, 2023 08:09:55 AM by David Blomstrom | |
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There's a whole mess of problems here. |
answered on Saturday, Apr 20, 2024 07:28:36 PM by Jack | |
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