Something is complex, therefore it is true?
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What would a name for this fallacy be? It isn't appeal to complexity.
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3I think the argument by gibberish is a pretty close match. Although gibberish and complexity aren't synonymous, the reason behind the fallacies are the same: "I don't understand it and it sounds really smart, so it must be true!"
I read the statement as meaning it is too complex for you to follow, so it must be true. I'd put this as a variant of the Argument from Ignorance (appeal to ignorance, argumentum ad ignorantiam), which assumes a claim is true (or false) because it has not been proven false (true) or cannot be proven false (true) [and it is so complex, in this case, that it must be true.] Or, appeal to authority.
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An appeal to complexity is defined as, "Concluding that because you don't understand something, it must not be true, it's improbable, or the argument must be flawed."
This is the opposite of your question where you are saying something is complex therefore it is true.
I think both statements are Non-Sequiturs in that the conclusions do not follow from the premises.
We cannot make a conclusive claim about something if we don't understand it.