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Please stop using "fallacious" as a fancy way to say "wrong".

• mikeash 13y ago
  Why?
  • saraid216 13y ago
    Because that's not what the word means. You're claiming that Crito's facts are wrong. That isn't a fallacy; that's a factual error. Example: If snakes are a type of tree, then snakes are plants. Snakes are a type of tree. Therefore, snakes are plants. There isn't a logical error here, but there is a factual error. The incorrectness comes from bad input, not bad reasoning.
    • mikeash 13y ago
      I'm saying that the conclusion is wrong due to improper reasoning about relative motion. Furthermore, that this is a common way to reason incorrectly. The word is often used to describe common incorrect reasoning.