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Re:Show HN: Aristotl – an intuitive logical fallacy lookup tool by gitgud on Monday September 30, 2019 @12:49AM (#21111857)
Looks great. I think everyone should have an understanding of how arguments can be fallacious.

But one thing I noticed - going down the fallacy rabbit hole - is that you can find fallacies in almost any written opinion...

I think this is because fallacies are somewhat subjective and some fallacies can even oppose each other, so there's no way to avoid them...

But that's just my (fallacy-riddled) opinion

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Re:Show HN: Aristotl – an intuitive logical fallacy lookup tool by thisBrian on Monday September 30, 2019 @03:44AM (#21112670)
Exactly why the fallacy fallacy[0] exists. Just because an argument has a fallacy does not make its conclusion false.

0: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argument_from_fallacy

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Re:Show HN: Aristotl – an intuitive logical fallacy lookup tool by rr-geil-j on Monday September 30, 2019 @03:01AM (#21112415)
My memory is hazy but I remember reading or hearing somebody say that "at the end of the day, everything is just an appeal to authority."
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