Nato_Welch comments on The Modesty Argument - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Nato_Welch 10 December 2006 10:33:34PM 0 points [-]

I often recognize this as what I've called a "framing error".

It's the same problem with believing Fox News' claim of being "fair and balanced". Just because there are at least two sides to every story doesn't mean each side deserves equal consideration.

Consider the question of whether one can support the troops and oppose the war.

http://n8o.r30.net/dokuwiki/doku.php/blog:supportourwar

The very posing of the question, which came invariably from Fox News in 2003, is to imply that there is some controversy over the answer. But that's all but disappeared now.