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Re:It's confirmed: Matter is merely vacuum fluctuations by mini_word on Saturday November 22, 2008 @05:47AM (#372885)
This pattern is called a Sylogism. Everybody hates sylogisms as it's mostly used to manipulate.
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Re:It's confirmed: Matter is merely vacuum fluctuations by khafra on Saturday November 22, 2008 @02:57PM (#373128)
1) Syllogisms are mostly used for manipulation 2) Everyone hates manipulation .`.) Everyone hates syllogisms.

...nope, doesn't work for me.

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Re:It's confirmed: Matter is merely vacuum fluctuations by mini_word on Sunday November 23, 2008 @04:07PM (#374066)
Ok you got me ! :)
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Re:It's confirmed: Matter is merely vacuum fluctuations by jerf on Saturday November 22, 2008 @11:40PM (#373515)
I was getting at something more specific than just a logical fallacy, but specifically the part where you sanctimoniously declare "aHA! It isn't real!" It is true that is a special case of a more general logical fallacy, but I see this specific one pop up a lot, reifying ignorance, then declaring it false as if that actually proves something.
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Re:It's confirmed: Matter is merely vacuum fluctuations by schtog on Saturday November 22, 2008 @08:38AM (#372928)
Eh?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sylogism

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