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This is a fallacy I see a lot. The saying may relate to a clock, but it doesn't apply to human being. People who have psychotic tendences will display remarkab
by bloqs 5y ago
This is a fallacy I see a lot.
The saying may relate to a clock, but it doesn't apply to human being. People who have psychotic tendences will display remarkably consistent wrongness. Why would a person who is broken be right ever? Because a specifically broken type of clock is?
- serf 5y ago>Why would a person who is broken be right ever? Because a specifically broken type of clock is? because even those with psychotic tendencies tend to express them with a level of consistency. Example : A paranoid schizophrenic may tell everyone that he's being followed habitually, but that doesn't mean he's wrong -- in fact in some cases the (three letter agencies) may use this trait to their advantage.[0] [0]: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/family-fbi-knew-oklahoma-bomb-plot-suspect-is-schizophrenic/ https://www.cbsnews.com/news/family-fbi-knew-oklahoma-bomb-p...
- brodouevencode 5y agoHow is it a fallacy? Just because someone (and we are really talking about a person here so please excuse the naive analogy) has a questionable past doesn't mean that what they are currently saying is incorrect.