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An appeal to extremes is not the only way to get the point across.
by ziddoap 7y ago
An appeal to extremes is not the only way to get the point across.
- setr 7y agoIts just an efficient one. By pulling to the extreme, you can remove a lot of the smaller and subtler points of the argument, to get pointedly at a core issue. Unless of course the recipient tries to (re-)introduce irrelevant aspects of the fact that you tried to be pointed...
- ziddoap 7y agoI haven't heard of an established logical fallacy being an efficient argument but, sure.