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Appeal to ridicule (also called appeal to mockery, ad absurdo, or the horse laugh) [1] is an informal fallacy which presents an opponent's argument as absurd, ridiculous, or humorous, and therefore not worthy of serious consideration.
Arguing with Idiots is a book written by conservative syndicated radio talk show host Glenn Beck, in collaboration with his company, Mercury Radio Arts. [1]The book is formatted as a series of responses by Beck, dressed up in a variation of an outfit worn by the United States' Founding Fathers, to statements made by the "Idiot", played by Beck, apparently dressed in a parody of a military ...
Here's to the crazy ones. The misfits. The rebels. The troublemakers. ...They push the human race forward. ... Because the people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world are the ...
A steel man argument (or steelmanning) is the opposite of a straw man argument. Steelmanning is the practice of applying the rhetorical principle of charity through addressing the strongest form of the other person's argument, even if it is not the one they explicitly presented. Creating the strongest form of the opponent's argument may involve ...
A $100 million estate left to the "wrong" people can cause court battles over estates that can last years. 24/7 Wall St. has lined up a list of 10 of the most infamous estate battles. Most were ...
Very simple but the amount of people don’t know that Control/Command + Shift + T brings back the tab you closed by accident on chrome or whatever is crazy. It’ll even bring back entire windows ...
Some syllogistic examples of guilt by association: John is a Con artist. John has black hair. Therefore, people with black hair are necessarily Con artists. Lyle is a crooked salesman. Lyle proposes a monorail. Therefore, the proposed monorail is necessarily folly. Country X is a dangerous country. Country X has a national postal service ...
Reductio ad absurdum, painting by John Pettie exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1884. In logic, reductio ad absurdum (Latin for "reduction to absurdity"), also known as argumentum ad absurdum (Latin for "argument to absurdity") or apagogical arguments, is the form of argument that attempts to establish a claim by showing that the opposite scenario would lead to absurdity or contradiction.