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  2. False accusation - Wikipedia

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    A false accusation is a claim or allegation of wrongdoing that is untrue and/or otherwise unsupported by facts. [1] False accusations are also known as groundless accusations, unfounded accusations, false allegations, false claims or unsubstantiated allegations. They can occur in any of the following contexts: Informally in everyday life

  3. List of fallacies - Wikipedia

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    For example, riding the bus is a sufficient mode of transportation to get to work. But there are other modes of transportation – car, taxi, bicycle, walking – that can be used. Modal scope fallacy – a degree of unwarranted necessity is placed in the conclusion.

  4. List of common misconceptions - Wikipedia

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    Mirror writing and reading letters or words backwards are behaviors seen in many children (dyslexic or not) as they learn to read and write. Dyslexia is a neurodevelopmental disorder of people who have at least average intelligence and who have difficulty in reading and writing that is not otherwise explained by low intelligence.

  5. Propaganda techniques - Wikipedia

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    A false accusation is a claim or allegation of wrongdoing that is untrue and/or otherwise unsupported by facts. [20] They can be used in any of the following contexts: informally in everyday life, quasi-judicially, or judicially. Fear, uncertainty, and doubt

  6. Hitchens's razor - Wikipedia

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    The dictum appears in Hitchens's 2007 book God Is Not Great: How religion poisons everything. [3]: 150, 258 The term "Hitchens's razor" itself first appeared (as "Hitchens' razor") in an online forum in October 2007, and was used by atheist blogger Rixaeton in December 2010, and popularised by, among others, evolutionary biologist and atheist activist Jerry Coyne after Hitchens died in ...

  7. False statements of fact - Wikipedia

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    The legal rule itself – how to apply this exception – is complicated, as it is often dependent on who said the statement and which actor it was directed towards. [6] The analysis is thus different if the government or a public figure is the target of the false statement (where the speech may get more protection) than a private individual who is being attacked over a matter of their private ...

  8. Faulty generalization - Wikipedia

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    Hasty generalization is the fallacy of examining just one or very few examples or studying a single case and generalizing that to be representative of the whole class of objects or phenomena. The opposite, slothful induction , is the fallacy of denying the logical conclusion of an inductive argument, dismissing an effect as "just a coincidence ...

  9. Fact pattern - Wikipedia

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    A fact pattern or fact situation is a summary of the key facts of a particular legal case, presented without any associated discussion of their legal consequences. [1]For example, at common law, "Murder is the killing of another human being with malice aforethought and without justification or excuse."