Quick Reference Guide to Logical Fallacies

Vince524

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Obviously, Norton is illogical...

Facinating.

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I never tire of collecting new examples of logical fallacies, but your links in the original post all go nowhere.
 

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Oh lordy. That might very well tie a knot in everything. Time and space are broken. All roads end at a brick wall. I'm feeling philosophically very puny.

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Oh lordy. That might very well tie a knot in everything. Time and space are broken. All roads end at a brick wall. I'm feeling philosophically very puny.

Thanks for nothing, AW.

Look for the guy with the blue police box, or the guy carrying the towel and the book that reads "Don't Panic". You'll be fine.
 

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I don't see one for reducing the argument.

Here's the kind of thing:

Hundreds of thousands of people are committing the crime of discrimination against certain minorities.

Then all of a sudden it becomes: nah it's just one person.

Or you use a person who is an authority in his field with very impressive credentials as an example to counteract a claim of "all scientists actually believe this" to show them they're wrong.

Then suddenly it becomes: "But that's only one person".
I'm not quite following your question here but it's common for people to bring up the one dissenting scientist.

I counter that with Project Steve: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Steve

It's not so much a classic logical fallacy as it is a poor understanding of the scientific process.

And here's a peculiar one I've come across that a friend of mine loves to use on me.

Friend: asks question on science.
Me: I don't know:
Friend: and neither can science.

Is that a logical fallacy? If it is, which one is it? At the very least I know these are bs tactics that is meant to turn the argument against one in order to "win" the argument.

Let's see, breaking that down:

A does not know B
Ergo C does not know B.

I'd say that is, does not follow. It's a non sequitur logic fallacy.
 
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