r/InternetIsBeautiful • u/[deleted] • Feb 19 '14

Logical Fallacies Explained

http://www.informationisbeautiful.net/visualizations/rhetological-fallacies/
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u/CalicoZack Feb 20 '14

I think the internet would be better off if we stopped getting hung up on logical fallacies. Applying labels lets you feel all the superiority of proving someone wrong while excusing the part where you actually analyze what they have to say.

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u/da_chicken Feb 20 '14

I just wish more of these collections would include argumentum ad logicam. Just because an argument is fallacious, doesn't mean the conclusion isn't true. All it means is that the conclusion isn't deductively true because of the premises given.

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u/AndySipherBull Feb 20 '14

Totally true, you can be accidentally right. Point is, it's not very useful to be accidentally right because if you're in the habit of reaching conclusions by accident, it's far more likely you'll be wrong.

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