Argument from fallacy is the formal fallacy of analyzing an argument and inferring that, since it contains a fallacy, its conclusion must be false.
its conclusion must be false
falseSorry, defenders of irrationality: calling out an invalid argument (without claiming that implies a false conclusion) is not argument from fallacy. When someone points out your argument is flawed, fix it. 😎
Argument from authority (logic is an authority and we do not recognize its mandate to rule on this website)
Good joke: irrational people on this website certainly don’t recognize much.
An argument from authority is a form of argument in which the opinion of an authority figure (or figures) who lacks relevant expertise is used as evidence to support an argument.
Logic is the study of methods for evaluating whether the premises of an argument adequately support its conclusion.
Definition doesn’t apply: logic isn’t “an authority” capable of bearing “opinion” or “expertise”.
That’s certainly logically true, and as such, I cannot accept it ;-)
I downvote spelling problems immediately. I bet there’s a high correlation between fallacies and “can’t spell for shit”.
This is a type of ad hominem fallacy because you’re downvoting based on something about the speaker that is unrelated to the argument. You might argue that there is a correlation between the misspellings and logical fallacies, but you offer no evidence, and the fact that you committed this phallusy while spelling everything correctly speaks otherwise.
Even if it’s a good point or funny? Sometimes people type fast and their brains jumble stuff
Yeah, I often have to edit my comments a couple times before I fix all the issues and it might be a while before I catch it.
One must have a respect for their audience. Proofreading takes one person a few seconds, and collectively saves thousands of people time trying to decipher.
I think there’s a balance. If it’s indecipherable, sure, too far. But like I said, if it’s obviously a good contribution, meaning it makes sense, I’m not gonna downvote just because the person misspelled something. I also think in this case it’s far from being disrespectful to the audience. Plus English isn’t everybody’s first language.
I had a math professor who misspelled so much stuff. “Existance” and stuff like that. I really didn’t give a fuck though. Found it kinda endearing.
I’m not really on the defensive btw because I do proofread my comments lol
Causation (morons can’t spell) = Correlation (morons also say stupid shit that is wrong)
I am almost 70 and I some of the time these days I wonder is this English evolving or is it just someone who can’t spell etc. It makes my brain hurt. To make it worse for me my mother was a British war bride who would only let me speak “The Queen’s English” and made me watch Jeopardy every lunch for about 8 yrs. Sound great? Nope, my mother never taught me the rules. Even though I sounded very smart and had a great command of the English language I could never correct anyone because they would say why and I could not cite the rules.
Ad memeier.
Ad baculum 🤔
Don’t worry, they’ve got a cream for that now.
I hate downvote culture. I think it’s worth downvoting if someone is saying something harmful or evil or bad faith. Apart from that, if I don’t really like the post, I just ignore it.
But if you start doing that, where will it end‽ You must be a bad person for doing this. No true Lemmy user would do it. Most people don’t do this, it must be wrong. Has anyone asked what the admins think?
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Tl;dr
Downvoting willy nilly is le bad
Reductio ad wingardium leviosa fallacy. I win
