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Qualification or experienceWhat fallacy would it be if someone tries to claim that someone's argument isn't valid because they're not qualified in the area concerned or haven't experienced a particular situation? There will be exceptions to this of course, because there are p... |
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No reason to lieA few weeks ago I saw someone sharing an antivax message on Facebook, quoting someone that claims that vaccines cause infertility, and his rationale for believing that person was that he must be telling the truth because he'd have nothing to gain by... |
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Is this fallacy of composition and division in the same argument?Here is an anti vaccine meme that I ran across today on FB. "Ive got a question. If I didn't get the first three jabs and go straight to the fought one, will that one work? Or do I need to take the first three jabs that don't work in order t... |
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If your workplace is demanding everyone get vaccinated, but a person's preference is to not get the covid vaccine, does that violate her human rights?My boss insists that she has researched the vaccine thoroughly, she strongly objects to getting one, and our university is saying if you're not vaccinated you will be put on leave. My boss says it's a human rights issue. I looked up the human rights... |
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The Fallacy of unprovable evidenceI always forget what kind of fallacy this is. Its extremely common where any evidence shown is brushed aside is it just a moving the goalpost? What's the actual name of this fallacy it might be a group of fallacies. 1.Ancient Rome didn't exist all ... |
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Failure to see the Big PictureThe big picture is the totality of a situation. A well-intentioned person who is trying to do his best work, yet is hyper-focused on one aspect and completely oblivious to the fact that his job is part of a larger project fails to see the Big Pictur... |
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Marxist telling me Marxism is EmpiricalI’ve always tried to be open minded too the dozens of proposed socialist economic and ideologies including none socialist capitalist ideologies of libertarianism and anarcho capitalism . Sticking with Marxism for right now. I always felt... |
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Fallacy of Division, Politics and DemocracyIt has been occurring to me of late that one particular fallacy, seems to have an overlarge influence on politics, it is the fallacy of division . I wonder how much of the historical ideological success of Democracy and Socialism is owed to this p... |
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Faulty comparison, or false equivalence, or logically sound?Is comparing a fetus with a baby or an individual living human being a false equivalence, or a faulty comparison, or logically sound? |
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Proof by AppearanceDear Dr. Bo, I really enjoy parsing through your side and using it as a reference to point out faulty logic when being confronted with the usual gibberish you have in the 'net. When stumbling over this (sorry, german) video https://www.youtube.com... |