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7 Post author: BenAlbahari 21 February 2010 08:19AM

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Comment author: BenAlbahari 23 February 2010 03:15:42AM 0 points [-]

If others find it confusing, we should rename it, change it, or get rid of it. If a pitch is not obvious to Less Wrong readers who are incredibly familiar with argument fallacies etc., it's not going to be obvious to anyone.

It maps to the Appeal to Emotion and Wishful Thinking:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Appeal_to_emotion