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Old 15-June-2008, 04:39 AM
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Default Re: Alien Abduction

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Originally Posted by bart5050 View Post
This post illustrates a logical fallacy found in the set "fallacies of relevance", from its subset "irrelevant appeals", specifically the "appeal to pity". It's a favourite among lawyers and politicians.

Doesn't necesarily invalidate how she felt in her frustration and feelings of helplesness. Putting a label on something does not invalidate it.
It invalidates it as being a logical, scientific argument.
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Originally Posted by bart5050
This is a common skeptic tactic. Defining something by tactic or example automaticly invalidates the argument by inference.
See the above.

Thank you for helping substantiate my point even further.
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