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

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Comment author: AndyWood 27 February 2010 05:19:28AM 4 points [-]

Here's a question that I sure hope someone here knows the answer to:

What do you call it when someone, in an argument, tries to cast two different things as having equal standing, even though they are hardly even comparable? Very common example: in an atheism debate, the believer says "atheism takes just as much faith as religion does!"

It seems like there must be a word for this, but I can't think what it is. ??

Comment author: PhilGoetz 27 February 2010 06:33:05AM 2 points [-]