I'm going to take a few seconds here to be a pedant and disentangle the structure of an argument from its contents. Strictly speaking, a fallacy is a defect in

I'm going to take a few seconds here to be a pedant and disentangle the structure of an argument from its contents. Strictly speaking, a fallacy is a defect in the structure of an argument, i.e. in the logic that connects a premise to a conclusion. What you and the parent have identified is simply a false premise ("Things at least seem to organize themselves somewhat better than they 'ought' to"[1]). A false premise may result in the wrong conclusion, but an argument can be wrong without being fallacious. This distinction isn't so much relevant here, but it comes in handy when you want to pinpoint sources of disagreement in a discussion. Lobbing the f-word around (even when deserved) just makes people defensive. 1. Of course the argument used to derive this premise might be fallacious, but that argument isn't given.