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>> Ultimately, Seattle’s experience shows the futility of travel bans > Is there a word or phrase for the act of poorly implementing an idea, then using the fa
by Seenso 7y ago
>> Ultimately, Seattle’s experience shows the futility of travel bans
> Is there a word or phrase for the act of poorly implementing an idea, then using the failed result as a way to discredit the idea? It's like a straw man argument but done in practice rather than in argument.
I don't know, so I'm going to coin a term for it: dishonest experiment.
- gentleman11 7y ago“Bad faith” research might be more appropriate, since it sort of acknowledges bias
- peteradio 7y agoI like both.
- TeMPOraL 7y agoIt's not the experiment that was dishonest, though - it's drawing conclusions from it as if it was conducted correctly that's dishonest.