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Re:The rise and fall of scientific authority, and how to bri... by savingthrow on Tuesday March 19, 2019 @06:03AM (#19429439)
You grab a child by the arm and drag it -- that's potentially violence, but we'd need to look at the action as a whole.

You hold a child's hand to guide it -- that's probably not violence.

HN needs a name for the falacy that people always seek to define precise exact rules for everything, ignoring the way that courts work by investigating the context of an action.

Re:The rise and fall of scientific authority, and how to bri... by thetrumanshow on Tuesday March 19, 2019 @11:54AM (#19432003)
Seeking precise rules for something is, in spirit, the exact opposite of what a logical fallacy is.