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Re:Heuristics that almost always work by TheSpiceIsLife on Tuesday February 08, 2022 @08:49PM (#30267615)
Like all fallacies, it's only a fallacy when it's fallacious.

Otherwise, it's just a regular d argument.

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Re:Heuristics that almost always work by HPsquared on Wednesday February 09, 2022 @06:01AM (#30271291)
Maybe fallacies could be renamed "logical hazards" or something like that. Arguments that are at high risk of being false and require extra care, but not automatically false.
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