Avoiding the Adjective Fallacy

Re:Avoiding the Adjective Fallacy by Stratoscope on Tuesday September 29, 2015 @12:42PM (#10297545)

"contains no supports" (was "contains to supports")

Funny thing is on first reading, I didn't notice that at all and read it the way you meant. I only saw the typo on a second reading. Interesting autocorrect the brain does.

In any case I like your Arch Fallacy! I think I will use it.

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Re:Avoiding the Adjective Fallacy by TeMPOraL on Tuesday September 29, 2015 @02:41PM (#10298526)

> In any case I like your Arch Fallacy! I think I will use it.

I'll use it too, it's great and I don't recall any term for that particular error in thinking. I've already started spreading it (the name, not the error) among friends, hoping it will catch on.

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Re:Avoiding the Adjective Fallacy by mikeash on Tuesday September 29, 2015 @12:49PM (#10297579)

Thanks for finding the typo. Glad you like the idea.

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