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Re:Reddit takes a new direction by kijin on Monday February 13, 2012 @12:49PM (#3586526)
> a false fallacy

The philosophy degree in me screams that there's something wrong with that phrase.

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Re:Reddit takes a new direction by showerst on Monday February 13, 2012 @12:59PM (#3586603)
That's what I learned it as years ago, in hindsight it is an odd phrase.

Wiki calls them 'Conditional or questionable fallacies', which is a bit less punchy. Do you have a better name?

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Re:Reddit takes a new direction by kijin on Monday February 13, 2012 @01:07PM (#3586644)
Just "fallacy".
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