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Author Archives: Fallacy Man
Assumptions vs. inductive logic: is radiometric dating based on assumptions?
Anyone who has tried to debate a creationist has invariably encountered their liberal use of the word, “assumption.” This is one of their trump-card, catch-all arguments that they use to handily “defeat” any evidence that opposes their position. For example, … Continue reading
Posted in Nature of Science, Science of Evolution
Tagged Bad arguments, creationism, evaluating evidence, evolution, rules of logic
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5 simple chemistry facts that everyone should understand before talking about science
One of the most ludicrous things about the anti-science movement is the enormous number of arguments that are based on a lack of knowledge about high school level chemistry. These chemistry facts are so elementary and fundamental to science that … Continue reading
Vaccines don’t give lifelong immunity, but they are still better than natural immunity
Anyone who has spent time talking to anti-vaxxers has probably encountered the argument that we shouldn’t vaccinate because vaccines only provide temporary immunity whereas natural immunity is lifelong. This is one of the most insipid, infuriating, irrational and easily defeated … Continue reading
Posted in Vaccines/Alternative Medicine
Tagged anti vaccine arguments, Bad arguments, disease rates, herd immunity, Vaccines
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Falling branches: the illusion of miraculous divine intervention
Human beings like to have explanations for everything, and we find seemingly inexplicable events extremely troubling. We disdain the notion that some things just happen without any rhyme or reason for them. This dependency on meaningful events makes us prone … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged burden of proof, cancer, evaluating evidence, rules of logic, statistics
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Reducing irreducible complexity
Irreducible complexity is the cornerstone of the intelligent design movement, and it is a popular argument among young earth creationists as well. In simplest terms, this argument states that some systems are too complex to have evolved via natural selection … Continue reading
Posted in Science of Evolution
Tagged Bad arguments, creationism, evolution, evolution is blind, intelligent design, natural selection
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