As soon as people bring up fallacies I ignore them. It's just another way to make someone look bad that you don't agree with. Its just an adult version of school yard name calling. Kind of like when all else fails insult someones grammar or spelling.
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Except for the fact that the entire point of a fallacy is that, when you base your entire argument on one, it by definition becomes invalid and worthless. Kind of like what you're doing now, ya dipshit.
*someone's
Fallacies are like unstable foundations. A house built on sand. Feel free to live there if you want, but it's going to fall down. Of course, ignoring fallacies is like living in a house that's already fallen down, sitting in the rubble saying, 'This is what it's supposed to look like. You're the one with the broken house, all walls and floors and ceilings and such.'
NothingIsImpossible
Many do it every day.
Kind of like when all else fails insult someones grammar or spelling.
I don't wait until all else fails, I remark on someone's grammar and/or spelling right away.
E.g. comma after "fails" (following subjective introductory claue) and it's "someone's" not "someones".
"As soon as people bring up fallacies I ignore them."
You mean, when people identify the fallacy in your argument, you dismiss it as name-calling. Rather than improve your own arguments.
'Kay. So you intentionally flog failed arguments and you're proud of that fact.
Name-calling is a fallacy, ad hominem. It's attacking the person instead of the argument.
On the other hand, if they are attacking your argument, and it's a fallacious argument, then your claim of name-calling is yet another fallacy.
So, you're probably just doubling-down on the stupid.
People bring up fallacies, because when you commit them it shows that your argument is not valid. A smarter person would realize he's phrased something wrong and learn from his mistakes, but of course a smarter person wouldn't have been defending ancient mythology in the first place.
It is true, that just because the argument is invalid, doesn't mean that the conclusion is incorrect. Or for that matter, just because the argument is valid doesn't mean that the conclusion is correct, either, as the premises can still be wrong. There are even some informal fallacies which don't apply to all circumstances which they can be potentially invoked.
All that being said, a fallacious argument is a very weak one at best.
@Zinnia
True. But if an argument is fallacious, then if the conclusion is correct, it's only by coincidence. And the conclusion cannot be used as the basis of further arguments because there's still that fallacy in the base.
This is notusually a problem for religious apologists, as they start with the conclusion and work their way backward through support, selecting the evidence and argument as necessary for the already-approved conclusion.
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