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Difference between sunk cost fallacy and an appeal to closure?Appeal to closure goes like this: Person 1 makes argument x Person 1 refuses to prove x X is regarded as true for the sake of closure. Sunk cost fallacy: Person 1 invests into x It is better to stop investing into x Person 1 continues... |
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Dismisssing the other person by claiming their motive is nafarious.I think this seems to be a common trope by calling women "TERFs" for criticizing gender identity acts that could potentially allow someone to speak their way into a women's prison, or calling people " racist " for criticism of religious practices su... |
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Death by Citation RequestI'm not sure if this is a logical fallacy but it's commonly used in arguments, especially on the internet. The interlocutor questions the validity of a claim and insists on evidence or a citation for a claim that is either commonly known or that can... |
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Is there a filing lawsuit fallacy?One fallacious argument that I have been seeing lately on social media is this: Person A claims X is true. Person B claims person A is lying. Person B claims that a lawsuit has been filed against person A for making claim... |
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Is there a censored fallacy?"Social media are censoring conspiracy theories, therefore the conspiracy theories must be true." People X are censoring people Y, therefore what people Y claim must be truth. |
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Kafka Trap Fallacy?I wanted to mention that the published book does not contain a fallacy called, "The Kafka Trap". It is a logically fallacy where if y denies being x, it is taken as evidence that y is x because only, "y would deny being x". An example of this can ... |
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Ignoring the premise of probability questionMy friend suggested a question in geometric probability: What is the probability of a random line A's end point, to not meet another random line B's end point? (in a space where only these two lines exist.) The answer I suggested: The probability... |
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Facts, opinions, context and fact checkers.Im sure you've seen the recent headlines about how Facebook admitted in court filings that its fact checkers are just opinion, and therefore protected by the 1st Amendment. The clickbait headlines have been blasted all across fake news sites with gl... |
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A Good Book or Comprehensive Article About Biases?Serious Q: Can you recommend a book or large article describing types of biases -- including but beyond the usual ones (confirmation, loss aversion, hindsight, etc.)? Very important to book I'm revising for use in law courts. |
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How to deal with Arguments in Social Constructionism and Nature? Have I committed a Logic fallacy?This is a bit of a touchy Subject. I was called a Bigot for suggesting Turner Syndrome and Klinefelter syndrome should be considered Chromosome disorders as they are associated with massive complications. Heart Disease, Cancer, Infertility, a... |
