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"Foods containing sugar have been found to save lives in a number of studies." "Regular smoking use is associated with lower BMI, which is shown to correlate w
by dweekly 5y ago
"Foods containing sugar have been found to save lives in a number of studies."
"Regular smoking use is associated with lower BMI, which is shown to correlate with improved heart health and lower mortality rates."
"Use of fossil fuels powers a number of ecology-preserving tasks, allowing us to care for the environment in a way we could not without this amazing source of Earth-loving fuel."
- gerry_shaw 5y agoYou are far too good at crafting these passages.
- dgs_sgd 5y agoIt's fairly easy if you understand the meaning of "can be true". There can be countless instances where it's not true but if you find just _one_ instance where it's true, then your "can be true" statement must be true.
- pmarreck 5y agoLove it. It still needs a name. Here let me try: Disproportionate benefit insinuation error: Implying (without explicitly stating that it has more benefits than disadvantages because that would be a disprovable lie) that because something has some benefit, it is overall helpful. Or just "plausible deniability"- factually stating the existence of a beneficial tree, but omitting mention of the harmful forest Or just "cherry-picking" Or to cover cases where a harm is insinuated/emphasized in the same way in order to discredit something (see: literally all the antivax data, antiscience, antimedicine... "trust doctors, you mean like the ones who prescribed thalidomide?")... "Misrepresenting the forest"
- jxramos 5y agomaybe a good contraction would be a disbeni
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