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Re:FDA denies petition against use of phthalates in food pac... by OutOfHere on Tuesday June 11, 2024 @12:47PM (#40648524)
An argument by "whataboutism" is implicitly a bad one: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whataboutism
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Re:FDA denies petition against use of phthalates in food pac... by balls187 on Tuesday June 11, 2024 @12:57PM (#40648683)
Arguing that an argument is bad simply due to logical fallacy is also a logical fallacy.
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Re:FDA denies petition against use of phthalates in food pac... by Karunamon on Tuesday June 11, 2024 @12:54PM (#40648640)
That is not the correct label for this argument. The argument is that there are a limited amount of hours in the day and that there are different amounts of risk. The optimal amount of risk is probably not zero.
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