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This is an an argument that is based on false claims, but is logically coherent.
Example of Fallacy Fallacy
• Jenna thinks we should do yoga before work because it is natural and is said to relax you. Miles thinks we should also smoke pot before work for the same reasons.
• Whenever it rains, the sky is cloudy. The sky is cloudy now, so it must be raining. It is possible for the sky to be cloudy but not to be raining.
Fallacy Fallacy
logicalfallacies.org
When the group or a civilization declines, it is through no mystic limitation of a corporate life, but through the failure of its political or intellectual leaders to meet the challenges of change.
The Lessons of History
Will Durant and Ariel Durant
Simply, the charlatan is more the product of control than the result of freedom and lack of structure.
The Black Swan
Nassim Nicholas Taleb
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