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Re:Illusory Truth Effect by stareatgoats on Friday November 29, 2019 @09:12AM (#21664469)
Agree in principle, but I have an issue with your use of the terms "logical/quantitative". A pedantic nitpick to be sure, but the "logical" mindset you describe is one of the most prevalent logical fallacies, that of the "false dilemma" [0]. Maybe there are even better ways to describe it than as a logical fallacy, but calling it "logical thinking" leads down the wrong track IMO.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/False_dilemma

Re:Illusory Truth Effect by kdmccormick on Friday November 29, 2019 @10:16AM (#21664832)
Maybe "black and white thinking" is what's being described.
Re:Illusory Truth Effect by TeMPOraL on Friday November 29, 2019 @12:37PM (#21665708)
That's even worse.

I know GGP wrote about "computer scientists", but I've seen similar things spoken (even here) about software engineers - that they have "binary thinking", they "reason in ones and zeros", etc. Which infuriates me to no end, because it's hard for me to think of another domain except hard sciences that forces you to think quantitatively, in numbers and orders and probabilities. Excelling in software requires the opposite of "black and white thinking".

Re:Illusory Truth Effect by kdmccormick on Friday November 29, 2019 @01:37PM (#21665994)
Don't worry, I'm with you.

I think the stereotype is that Computer Scientists are black and white thinkers, and that's true for some. But a senior software engineer should be skilled at thinking with nuance and considering uncertainties, biases, etc.

Re:Illusory Truth Effect by mjburgess on Friday November 29, 2019 @09:24AM (#21664545)
He did not claim they were exclusive.

Your comment is an example of the fallacy fallacy.

Re:Illusory Truth Effect by bananamerica on Friday November 29, 2019 @12:33PM (#21665671)
The "fallacy fallacy" is valid for itself, though:

> since the fallacy fallacy is itself a fallacy, it cannot be used to label an argument's conclusion as false without committing it in the process. "You have used the fallacy fallacy, therefore you are wrong"

https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Fallacy_fallacy

Re:Illusory Truth Effect by stareatgoats on Friday November 29, 2019 @10:52AM (#21665029)
Maybe so but I struggle to understand how, I must admit. In case you would care to elaborate I would be interested.

But unless you will argue that "logical thinking" is the correct term in this case I will submit that you have delivered a faulty argument yourself (since you invalidate my whole comment and not just the relevant part). Not sure which logical fallacy that represents though ...