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minus-squareanus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up20arrow-down11·1 year agohttps://effectiviology.com/argument-from-incredulity/
minus-squarePsychedSy@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down5·1 year agoInformal fallacies are best fallacies.
minus-squareUltraviolet@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·edit-21 year agoArgument from incredulity is “this sounds absurd, therefore it’s false.” That’s not what this is, this is just pointing out absurdity.
minus-squareanus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoThink about it again, what’s the difference? By the way, I didn’t say that this post claims it’s false. It’s worse. This post begs the reader to claim it’s false on the authors behalf
https://effectiviology.com/argument-from-incredulity/
Informal fallacies are best fallacies.
Argument from incredulity is “this sounds absurd, therefore it’s false.” That’s not what this is, this is just pointing out absurdity.
Think about it again, what’s the difference?
By the way, I didn’t say that this post claims it’s false. It’s worse. This post begs the reader to claim it’s false on the authors behalf