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> For those claiming the Supreme Court is a political institution, I'd like to note that this was indeed a 5-4 decision. Is there a name for this type of falla
by 12_throw_away 2y ago
> For those claiming the Supreme Court is a political institution, I'd like to note that this was indeed a 5-4 decision.
Is there a name for this type of fallacy, in which a single data point is used to argue that a global trend does not exist? (Another prominent example is "it snowed somewhere, therefore climate change is not real.")
- denton-scratch 2y ago> Is there a name for this type of fallacy It's a type of non-sequitur, i.e. a formal fallacy. General conclusions can't be drawn from a single datapoint.