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Wow, he claims the American Heart Association's PR campaign for low-fat diets is based on the classic "denying the antecedent" fallacy. 1. Dietary fat raises
by jazzdev 16y ago
Wow, he claims the American Heart Association's PR campaign for low-fat diets is based on the classic "denying the antecedent" fallacy.
1. Dietary fat raises LDL (A -> B)
2. LDL correlated with heart disease (B -> C)
Faulty conclusion: no A -> no C
I guess you don't have to study Symbolic Logic to get into med school. ;-)