New vid: argument from ignorance explained through mining

[robvalue]

[robvalue]

I'll just give this a bump then I'll let it drop

Any feedback welcome.

[CapnAwesome]

I love the accent and the video is a fine demonstration of that logical fallacy. Honestly though, I think the subject matter is kind of over-discussed already. People on the internet are obsessed with logical fallacies and other people's use of them (and the wikipedia list of them). I think the topic of them is over used and often times misused to end a conversation.

[Edwardo Piet]

I find logical fallacies fascinating and learning them is important for avoiding them. (cognitive biases are also interesting as well). Turning my music off to watch the video now.

[Mystic]

Which religious person has used this argument on this forum?

[robvalue]

Just about all of them, you did so the other day saying I hadn't shown knowledge of God doesn't exist; as if that is a reason to believe it does exist.

[Edwardo Piet]

[Mystic]

To be honest, the most common logical fallacy I've seen on these forums is misapplication of logical fallacies to where there are none (which is a form of a straw man) by giving the sense the person is saying this and this which is a form of a fallacy.

[robvalue]

Wow, thanks Evie! It kind of hit me out of nowhere one day, as an analogy. Poor analogies often confuse things more than they help, but I felt this one really gets to the point of the absurd nature of the argument.

Haha yes, that was a deliberate Easter egg, I knew you'd like it And I tried to make it entertaining as I know you would probably like my silly sense of humour!

[Mystic]

Just about all of them, you did so the other day saying I hadn't shown knowledge of God doesn't exist; as if that is a reason to believe it does exist.

See, I never gave the impression that this was reason to believe it does exist. That's you doing a straw man. I'm stating you've asserted your viewpoint which you haven't proven and I am stating a viewpoint which opposes that viewpoint and doesn't take any of what you asserted to be facts which I haven't proven. 

This just proves my point. People want to label everything with a logical fallacy, that they constantly straw man a person's post or discussion and miss what the person is trying to say.