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Appeal to Nature is only a fallacy when discussing whether something is good or not, not whether or not it is healthy or safe. The argument that, say, "walking
by SamBam 10y ago
Appeal to Nature is only a fallacy when discussing whether something is good or not, not whether or not it is healthy or safe.
The argument that, say, "walking for six hours a day is unlikely to be dangerous, since early humans did so" may or may not be factually correct, but it's a reasoned argument.
- eivarv 10y agoYou're not really correct: There are, for instance, poisons and venoms in nature. Additionally, the example argument you make isn't an appeal to nature; The argument is based upon what early humans did (not nature, or whether something is "natural"), and is a resonable conjecture. What I had an issue with in the parent comment was "Fasting is kinda natural" - which doesn't say anything about fasting in and of itself.