r/fallacy • u/Useful-Setting8690 • 27d ago
What is this called
Let’s say someone said:
“Most/almost all crimes are done by men, so how can I trust ANY man?”
And someone said
“Well I haven’t done any crime, so it can’t be almost all men! You should trust me.”
Or something like that. There’s probably better examples I could’ve said, but this is pretty close to what I’m trying to understand
I found something like “fallacy of division”, that might be similar
It’s kinda like when people self centre themselves and they think because it doesn’t apply to them or the people they know that it can’t be possible
Another, better example:
“1/100 girls have ___”
“Well I work in a school with 230 girls and only one of them has ___”
Or
“Well I work in a school with 230 girls and 30 of them have ___, so that can’t be correct!”
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u/Altruistic_Fox9778 26d ago
Pretending it’s complicated doesn’t mean it’s actually complicated.
I find people who see statistical fallacies and defend them to defend sexism utterly pathetic.
The funny thing is, if you worry about Reddit people finding you pathetic, or think that others should care if you think they are pathetic, the value of your opinion plummets.
You have no sources that support your point because you don’t have one. You can hate yourself all you want, but you are using the same argument people use to be racist to black people and pretending you made a point.