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Never heard of the "appeal to disgust" fallacy before, looked it up. Interesting. :)
by liberte82 9y ago
Never heard of the "appeal to disgust" fallacy before, looked it up. Interesting. :)
- pmarreck 9y agonow that you know of it, you'll see it everywhere. I'm sorry, in advance. :) Closely related is the https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Appeal_to_shame https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Appeal_to_shame which is part of a general category of fallacies called emotional appeals. You'll also note they're used constantly in debate ("pathos", it's called), because (unfortunately) they are effective, despite being wrong (as far as rational arguments go, at least). The only way to immunize yourself and others against these sorts of tactics is to understand these fallacies so that you can recognize them before you are irrationally swayed.