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How is it a fallacy to say that moderate levels of people complaining about something is weak evidence for there being a real problem?
by ShardPhoenix 16y ago
How is it a fallacy to say that moderate levels of people complaining about something is weak evidence for there being a real problem?
- tkahn6 16y agoThroughout history people have condemned war. I would argue that war is still a real problem.
- nopassrecover 16y agoThe fallacy is that "we've heard this complaint before therefore your complaint is invalid" which is obviously an invalid argument. In this case "moderate levels of people complaining" is treated as negative evidence, that is to say, counter to their complaints. My vote for the name of this fallacy is "the boy who cried wolf" fallacy.
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