CluckeryDuckery on March 29th, 2020 at 12:53 UTC »
Leaves out the most common logical fallacy involved in science denial: the personal incredulity fallacy. The idea that "If I personally can't, won't, or don't understand something, it must be false."
Sirsafari on March 29th, 2020 at 14:03 UTC »
I dated a girl who would always say, “well, I’ve never heard of that. So it’s not true.”
She was so sure that if it was true she would know about it. So everything she didn’t already know wasn’t true.
What do you call that?
EnormousPurpleGarden on March 29th, 2020 at 14:14 UTC »
Slothful induction is the least effective type of electric motor.
CluckeryDuckery on March 29th, 2020 at 12:53 UTC »
Leaves out the most common logical fallacy involved in science denial: the personal incredulity fallacy. The idea that "If I personally can't, won't, or don't understand something, it must be false."
Sirsafari on March 29th, 2020 at 14:03 UTC »
I dated a girl who would always say, “well, I’ve never heard of that. So it’s not true.”
She was so sure that if it was true she would know about it. So everything she didn’t already know wasn’t true.
What do you call that?
EnormousPurpleGarden on March 29th, 2020 at 14:14 UTC »
Slothful induction is the least effective type of electric motor.