That depends on how you think DeVliegendeHollander models the situation in his mind.
No, I do not think that your fallacy depends on what DVH thinks.
there's learned helplessness
You're confusing risk aversion and learned helplessness.
No, I do not think that your fallacy depends on what DVH thinks.
If I'm saying something to have an effect in another person then the quality of my reasoning process depends on whether my model of the other person is correct.
It's like debugging a phobia at a LW meetup. People complain that language isn't logical, but in the end the phobia is gone. The fact that the language superficially pattern matches to fallacies is besides the point as long as it has the desired consequences.
You're confusing risk aversion and learned helplessness.
No, I'm talking...
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