Document comments on Open Thread: February 2010, part 2 - Less Wrong

10 Post author: CronoDAS 16 February 2010 08:29AM

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Comment author: Document 27 February 2010 06:25:05AM 2 points [-]

False equivalence?

Comment author: AndyWood 27 February 2010 07:24:57AM 3 points [-]

Aha! I think this one is closest to what I have in mind. Thanks.

It's interesting to me that "false equivalence" doesn't seem to have nearly as much discussion around it (at least, based on a cursory google survey) as most of the other fallacies. I seem to see this used for rhetorical mischief all the time!