Fallacy Man

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argument_from_fallacy -- a.k.a. "The fallacy fallacy"

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ripcord@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 2y

I love Existential Comics so much.

isthereanydeal@discuss.tchncs.de · 3 pts · 2y

The story of my life.

Lmaydev@programming.dev · 2 pts · 2y (3 replies)

In both the Wikipedia examples Alice's argument was wrong though lol

Moobythegoldensock@lemm.ee · 23 pts · 2y

No, Alice’s argument was fallacious. Whether her conclusion was true or false is not clear from her argument.

SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 2y

That's the point.

chuckleslord@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 2y

They were unsound, due to the use of fallacy, but that doesn't mean they were untrue. Ginger might've been a cat, and Alice might've been English. The truthfulness of the argument has no bearing on the soundness of the argument (and vice versa)

palordrolap@kbin.social · 1 pts · 2y

Not to be confused with:

Phallusy fallacy: You're wrong because you're a d--k.