Posted inPhilosophy
The So’s-Your-Old-Man Fallacy
I'm on the road for the next several days and won't always have access to the Internet. So I'm reposting a series of classic fallacies. Regular service to resume early…
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The Wrong-Side-Of-History Fallacy
I'm on the road for the next several days and won't always have access to the Internet. So I'm reposting a series of classic fallacies. Regular service to resume early…
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The Genetic Fallacy: He Works For An Oil Company!
I'm on the road for the next several days and won't always have access to the Internet. So I'm reposting a series of classic fallacies. Regular service to resume early…
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The Gambler’s Fallacy Proves Classical Statistics (Frequentist & Bayes) Fails
Everybody who's anybody---which makes, as we'll see, a lot of nobodies---knows the gambler's fallacy. Gambler watches the roulette wheel come up red six times running and says to himself, "Black…
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The I-Have-Big-Muscles Fallacy
Harvard graduate walks down the street where a 50-lb sack of cement blocks his way. He reaches down to shift it but discovers that despite all his might the bulk…
Posted inCulture Statistics
Ritual Sacrifice Promoted Evolution Of Stratified Societies: A Statistical Fallacy
His Majesty Every human society except one is stratified. The exception is the empire of William I, a small sand island that comes and goes by a remote and isolated…
Posted inCulture Philosophy
The Crybaby Fallacy (Which Atheists Often Use)
Many atheists are notorious for arguing from desire. (Be ever careful of the So's-Yer-Old-Man Fallacy.) God doesn't exist, they say or imply, because He's a big meanie, because His demands…
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The Unknown Fallacy: Inflicting Your Views On Me
https://twitter.com/unknowncomic/status/639899682496454657 So a guy with a paper bag on his head, two holes cut for eyes and one for his pie hole, walks on stage, begins pumping his arms like…