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The Fallacy List
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RE: The Fallacy List
May 22, 2017 at 10:36 am
Another one I run into regularly seems to be a category of argument from consequences or force, and it's similar to Pascal's Wager (sometimes it IS Pascal's Wager): when the person cites the consequences of not believing their claim and also refers to how little the cost is to you to believe it in comparison to the cost of not believing it if you're wrong.

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The Fallacy List

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The Fallacy List - by Silver - May 20, 2017 at 5:29 pm
RE: The Fallacy List - by bennyboy - May 21, 2017 at 6:29 am
RE: The Fallacy List - by Gawdzilla Sama - May 21, 2017 at 4:24 pm
RE: The Fallacy List - by Minimalist - May 21, 2017 at 4:43 pm
RE: The Fallacy List - by bennyboy - May 21, 2017 at 6:00 pm
RE: The Fallacy List - by Mister Agenda - May 21, 2017 at 8:40 pm
RE: The Fallacy List - by Mister Agenda - May 22, 2017 at 10:36 am
RE: The Fallacy List - by Silver - May 22, 2017 at 10:47 am
RE: The Fallacy List - by bennyboy - May 23, 2017 at 6:17 pm
RE: The Fallacy List - by vorlon13 - May 22, 2017 at 10:48 am
RE: The Fallacy List - by Silver - May 22, 2017 at 10:56 am
RE: The Fallacy List - by CapnAwesome - May 23, 2017 at 3:33 pm
RE: The Fallacy List - by Caligvla XXI - May 26, 2017 at 1:17 pm

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