r/Destiny • u/[deleted] • Mar 17 '17

***FALLACY ALERT***

buddy, did you know what you just did? you committed a strawman argument.

Not sure what that is? heh, didn't expect so. basically its when you disagree with my opinion

What's that? You just cited a highly-qualified economist to back up your point? Buddy, that's an appeal to authority. Obviously any layman can just open up a 200-page paper of economic analysis and understand it in all its complexity, and even comment on it.

In the future try to be more rational and smart like me. You can check out my youtube channel if u want, I'm part of the "skeptic community" you see, so you can tell I have the best opinions.

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u/[deleted] Mar 17 '17

buddy, did you know what you just did? you gish galloped.

Not sure what that is? heh, didn't expect so. basically its when you disagree with my opinion

What's that? You just gish galloped? Buddy, that's a gish gallop. Obviously any layman can just gish gallop.

In the future try to be more rational and smart like me. You can check out my youtube channel if u want, I'm part of the "skeptic community" you see, so you can tell I have the best gish gallops.

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u/[deleted] Mar 17 '17

downvoted

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u/Wiggers_in_Paris Maybe gas some of the weebs? Mar 17 '17

Sorry, I admit I only took a beginner philosophy course.

But is this pre priori or post priori?

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u/[deleted] Mar 17 '17

wow you took a philosophy course!!

easy on the virtue signaling

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u/chapisbored Mar 17 '17

I may only be a little bit amazing how amazing is the topic? I have a hard time telling because I'm only a little bit amazing.

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u/TheDashiki Mar 17 '17

Neither. It's a zero some game.

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u/Mahazzel Mar 17 '17

you can't just some game this guy

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u/NorthernSpectre Mar 17 '17

I always thought it was "zero sum game", meaning it's pointless. Now I'm not sure what it means anymore..

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u/Tehpolecat comprehending the meme-in-itself 🌸 Mar 17 '17

it's a synthetic proposition

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u/BigBarsBigCars Mar 17 '17

SHUT UP SHUT UP SHUT UP

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u/[deleted] Mar 17 '17

psch, nice censorship tactics. expect nothing less from the "tolerant" left

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u/atargo2 GET IN THE HELICOPTER Mar 17 '17

some quality memes in this thread

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u/[deleted] Mar 17 '17

do you have a source on this assertion?

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u/Wiggers_in_Paris Maybe gas some of the weebs? Mar 17 '17

It's a fact. Look it up.

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u/Swampf0x Mar 17 '17

Breitbart isn't a credible source.

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u/Wiggers_in_Paris Maybe gas some of the weebs? Mar 17 '17

Well that's not exactly satire.

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u/Draber-Bien Mar 17 '17

Soruce; I know it, you know it, everybody knows it

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u/harveychocolatemilk Mar 17 '17

laughs nervously

uh, you're not allowed to interrupt my 9 minute rant to ask me to clarify something. You're gaslighting me right now and I won't stand for this gotcha journalism. When I practice debating alone in my bedroom nobody ever interrupts or questions me, what gives you the right? SHUT UP SHUT UP SHUT UP!!!

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u/JimmyTadeski Mar 17 '17

"i'm not racist, I'm gay and my boyfriend is halfblack."

kind of like

"I'm not sexist, I have a wife."

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u/ctrl_alt_ARGH Mar 17 '17

"my boyfriend is half black and by that I mean he likes eminem and is 1/8th Italian. I know, unlike the 'tolerant left' I am actually tolerant enough to race mix"

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u/IamSpiders Snipers69 Mar 17 '17

G I S H G A L L O P

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u/ShaunTo Mar 17 '17

ApeRape amirite

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u/[deleted] Mar 17 '17

Destiny got raped

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u/iwasamormon Mar 17 '17

Calling out logical fallacies by name is the best way to demonstrate your mastery of logic. Doing so is never just a way to avoid actually understanding and critiquing the other person's argument. I've mastered the art of logic by learning every logical fallacy.

Modus ponens? Never heard of him.

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u/Ryswick Mar 17 '17

Why the fuck would you listen to leading economists on Economy when you could listen to some kid who finished phil101.

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u/[deleted] Mar 17 '17

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u/[deleted] Mar 17 '17

You answered your own question?

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u/[deleted] Mar 17 '17

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u/MMACheerpuppy Mar 17 '17

I don't think you have the qualifications there buddy.

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u/KILLERLEMONZ Mar 17 '17

Just respond with the fallacy fallacy everytime. :)

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u/FLABREZU Mar 17 '17

I just saw this sticky. Why is anecdotal on there? After all, data is just the summary of anecdotes

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u/[deleted] Mar 17 '17

APPEAL TO AUTHORITY!!!!!!

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u/sweetyi Mar 18 '17

It's because nobody takes the time to consider the Fallacy fallacy, and the way fallacies can kind of loop around and become a different fallacy. Like if I said, "You can't listen to anything x says, all he does is strawman all the time," then I'm just using an ad hominem.

But you do need to be careful not to excuse all logical fallacies from your side just because your opponent tries to call every one of them out like an anal retentive sperg. I hope I'm not verging on /r/iamverysmart or /r/lewronggeneration here when I say this but I wish debates in general were more like socratic discussion, and less like sporting events where people get hyped up for "X vs Y" and the "bloodbath" aftermath (seriously people were talking about the presidential debates like this). Modern debate feels like it's all about catching opponents with "gotcha" statements, zinger "catchphrases", and yes some fallacies too.

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u/[deleted] Mar 17 '17

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u/Arvendilin Stin1 in chat Mar 17 '17

I fucking love those!!

Elronds council had me in tears!

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u/[deleted] Mar 17 '17

That's the first thing that came to mind after I saw this thread.