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I wonder if there's a word for this; where people learn that one bit of common knowledge is a fallacy and then "overcorrect" by assuming related things are also
by jordanb 9y ago
I wonder if there's a word for this; where people learn that one bit of common knowledge is a fallacy and then "overcorrect" by assuming related things are also wrong. Perhaps "meta fallacy?"
- mannykannot 9y agoI do not know if there is a name for it, but it comes from not fully understanding why the original fallacy is fallacious.
- ithkuil 9y agoCargo cult fallacy?
- theophrastus 9y agoThe legal term, which presupposes the fallacy, is: Falsus in uno, Falsus in omnibus[1] [1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falsus_in_uno,_falsus_in_omnibus https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falsus_in_uno,_falsus_in_omn...