Friday, November 17, 2006

A List Of Fallacious Arguments

A List Of Fallacious Arguments: "Argument By Gibberish (Bafflement):
Gibberish may come from people who can't find meaning in technical jargon, so they think they should copy style instead of meaning. It can also be a 'snow job', AKA 'baffle them with BS', by someone actually familiar with the jargon. Or it could be Argument By Poetic Language.
An example of poetic gibberish: 'Each autonomous individual emerges holographically within egoless ontological consciousness as a non-dimensional geometric point within the transcendental thought-wave matrix.'"

Another famous example is Şamil's use of exponential functions to prove anything ;)

"Weasel Wording:
This is very much like Euphemism, except that the word changes are done to claim a new, different concept rather than soften the old concept. For example, an American President may not legally conduct a war without a declaration of Congress. So, various Presidents have conducted "police actions", "armed incursions", "protective reaction strikes," "pacification," "safeguarding American interests," and a wide variety of "operations". Similarly, War Departments have become Departments of Defense, and untested medicines have become alternative medicines. The book "1984" has some particularly good examples."

3 comments:

Nart Bedin Atalay said...

Ben bunlari iyice calisip kendimin bir parcasi yapmaa karar verdim. Bakalim nerelere kadar yukselecem :P

Nart Bedin Atalay said...

Abicim ne guzel web sayfalari buluyorsun... Nedir bunun sirri...

Samil Korkmaz said...

Sayfaların hemen hepsini reddit üzerinden buluyorum. Hergün en az bir kez takip ediyorum ortamı.