Which logical fallacy is this argument? | |
Undestroyer
Truth User ID: 77075696 United States 02/04/2020 09:09 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Technocratic prison fallacy/phallice :p Last Edited by Undestroyer on 02/04/2020 09:10 PM You cannot destroy my vision when you see my vision undestroyed because I am just an undestroyer. Thread: Food Combining Made Easy by Herbert Shelton a progenitor from the Natural Hygienist Movement "I am a hunter of peace, one who chases the elusive mayfly of love... errr something like that." -Vash the Stampede |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 78422204 United States 02/04/2020 11:22 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Its not strictly a logical fallacy. A logical fallacy only applies to things that are generally not true just based on their premises alone. I.e. just because you appealed to authority doesn't mean the authority is correct, which makes appealing to it with no other evidence to win an argument a fallacy. However, in this case, its not strictly true that people who are not experts should discuss about or reason about the subject. It is true that uneducated, unexpert opinions are sufficient reason to not continue a debate, therefore its not really a logical fallacy. |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 78101139 United States 02/05/2020 08:15 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Its not strictly a logical fallacy. A logical fallacy only applies to things that are generally not true just based on their premises alone. I.e. just because you appealed to authority doesn't mean the authority is correct, which makes appealing to it with no other evidence to win an argument a fallacy. However, in this case, its not strictly true that people who are not experts should discuss about or reason about the subject. It is true that uneducated, unexpert opinions are sufficient reason to not continue a debate, therefore its not really a logical fallacy. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 78422204 In this day & age, being an "expert" in many things has little or nothing to do with truth, logic, or reasoning. It's more a function of ideological brainwashing. Academia regurgitates crap they heard in a lecture or read in a textbook, & transmit the same rote dogma down the line. Boaty: I'd like to recommend a book to you from the late 1970s called "Nonsense: How To Overcome It" by author Robert J. Gula. It's a brilliantly written & compact treatise of fallacies, faulty logic, & muddled thinking. They should've titled it "Human Brain User's Manual." It'll make anyone an expert rebuttalist. I studied it years ago when I had a corporate sales job to better equip myself to diffuse objections from prospective clients, but having a tutored reasoning faculty is an invaluable skillset & lifehack. And to think a century ago this stuff was taught in Western schools (trivium & quadrivium) really shows how far we've fallen. Our children might not be able to think clearly but they can identify 50 different genders. |