fossilesque@mander.xyzM to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 2 days agoWhen DinoCon is doing more than the US Govfiles.catbox.moeimagemessage-square185fedilinkarrow-up11.81Karrow-down116file-text
arrow-up11.79Karrow-down1imageWhen DinoCon is doing more than the US Govfiles.catbox.moefossilesque@mander.xyzM to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square185fedilinkfile-text
https://nbcmontana.com/news/local/scientist-jack-horner-linked-to-jeffrey-epstein-in-newly-released-doj-files
minus-squareLvxferre [he/him]@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16arrow-down2·1 day agoNah. The guilt by association fallacy is more like: [P1] Hitler ate bread. [P2] Hitler was a bad person. [C] Thus if you eat bread, you’re as bad as Hitler. That is not even remotely close to what the DinoCon is doing. If we interpret their actions as an argument, it’s more like: [P1] Knowingly associating yourself with a bad person makes you a bad person. [P2] Those people knowingly associating themselves with Epstein, a bad person. [C] Thus those people are bad people. You might disagree with the first premise (it’s a moral premise, so it depends on your values), but the argument is perfectly logical.
Nah. The guilt by association fallacy is more like:
That is not even remotely close to what the DinoCon is doing. If we interpret their actions as an argument, it’s more like:
You might disagree with the first premise (it’s a moral premise, so it depends on your values), but the argument is perfectly logical.