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Re:Is This Economist Too Far Ahead of His Time? by paulddraper on Thursday October 20, 2016 @12:44AM (#12749775)
"False premise" is a logical fallacy, not a virtue.
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Re:Is This Economist Too Far Ahead of His Time? by FreakLegion on Thursday October 20, 2016 @01:40AM (#12749953)
A false premise isn't a logical fallacy. Arguments can be logically valid yet wrong, and vice versa.
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Re:Is This Economist Too Far Ahead of His Time? by tashi on Thursday October 20, 2016 @03:12AM (#12750274)
Right, and taking a premise you believe to be false and mapping out its consequences has a long and noble history; e.g., non-Euclidean geometry.
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Re:Is This Economist Too Far Ahead of His Time? by paulddraper on Thursday October 20, 2016 @05:14AM (#12750772)
Okay then...if not a logical fallacy, then just a fallacy ("mistaken belief").

The sort of prognostication that would do poorly on a debate team, because its premises are unsound.

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