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Tantek Çelik<p>I just participated in the first W3C Authentic Web Mini Workshop<a href="https://tantek.com/2025/071/t1/w3c-authentic-web-workshop-flaws#t5az1_note-1" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">¹</a> hosted by the Credible Web Community Group<a href="https://tantek.com/2025/071/t1/w3c-authentic-web-workshop-flaws#t5az1_note-2" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">²</a> (of which I’m a longtime member) and up front I noted that our very discussion itself needed to be careful about its own credibility, extra critical of any technologies discussed or assertions made, and initially identified two flaws to avoid on a meta level, having seen them occur many times in technical or standards discussions:<br><br>1. Politician’s Syllogism — "Something must be done about this problem. Here is something, let's do it!"<br><br>2. Solutions Looking For Problems — "I am interested in how tech X can solve problem Y"<br><br>After some back and forth and arguments in the Zoom chat, I observed participants questioning speakers of arguments rather than the arguments themselves, so I had to identify a third fallacy to avoid:<br><br>3. Ad Hominem — while obvious examples are name-calling (which is usually against codes of conduct), less obvious examples (witnessed in the meeting) include questioning a speaker’s education (or lack thereof) like what they have or have not read, or would benefit from reading.<br><br>I am blogging these here both as a reminder (should you choose to participate in such discussions), and as a resource to cite in future discussions.<br><br>We need to all develop expertise in recognizing these logical and methodological flaws &amp; fallacies, and call them out when we see them, especially when used against others. <br><br>We need to promptly prune these flawed methods of discussion, so we can focus on actual productive, relevant, and yes, credible discussions.<br><br><a class="" href="https://indieweb.social/tags/W3C" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span class="p-category">W3C</span></a> <a class="" href="https://indieweb.social/tags/credweb" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span class="p-category">credweb</span></a> <a class="" href="https://indieweb.social/tags/credibleWeb" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span class="p-category">credibleWeb</span></a> <a class="" href="https://indieweb.social/tags/authenticWeb" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span class="p-category">authenticWeb</span></a> <a class="" href="https://indieweb.social/tags/flaw" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span class="p-category">flaw</span></a> <a class="" href="https://indieweb.social/tags/fallacy" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span class="p-category">fallacy</span></a> <a class="" href="https://indieweb.social/tags/fallacies" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span class="p-category">fallacies</span></a> <a class="" href="https://indieweb.social/tags/logicalFallacy" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span class="p-category">logicalFallacy</span></a> <a class="" href="https://indieweb.social/tags/logicalFallacies" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span class="p-category">logicalFallacies</span></a><br><br><br>Glossary<br><br>Ad Hominem<br>&nbsp; attacking an attribute of the person making an argument rather than the argument itself<br>&nbsp; <a class="" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ad_hominem" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ad_hominem</a><br><br>Politician's syllogism<br>&nbsp; <a class="" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Politician%27s_syllogism" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Politician%27s_syllogism</a><br><br>Solutions Looking For Problems (related: <a class="" href="https://indieweb.social/tags/solutionism" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span class="p-category">solutionism</span></a>, <a class="" href="https://indieweb.social/tags/solutioneering" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span class="p-category">solutioneering</span></a>)<br>&nbsp; Promoting a technology that either has not identified a real problem for it to solve, or actively pitching a specific technology to any problem that seems related. Wikipedia has no page on this but has two related pages: <br>&nbsp; * <a class="" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Law_of_the_instrument" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Law_of_the_instrument</a><br>&nbsp; * <a class="" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technological_fix" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technological_fix</a><br>&nbsp; Wikipedia does have an essay on this specific to Wikipedia:<br>&nbsp; * <a class="" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Solutions_looking_for_a_problem" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Solutions_looking_for_a_problem</a><br>&nbsp; Stack Exchange has a thread on "solution in search of a problem":<br>&nbsp; * <a class="" href="https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/250320/a-word-that-means-a-solution-in-search-of-a-problem" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/250320/a-word-that-means-a-solution-in-search-of-a-problem</a> <br>&nbsp; Forbes has an illustrative anecdote: &nbsp;<br>&nbsp; * <a class="" href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/stephanieburns/2019/05/28/solution-looking-for-a-problem/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://www.forbes.com/sites/stephanieburns/2019/05/28/solution-looking-for-a-problem/</a><br><br><br>References<br><br><a href="https://tantek.com/2025/071/t1/w3c-authentic-web-workshop-flaws#t5az1_ref-1" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">¹</a> <a class="" href="https://www.w3.org/events/workshops/2025/authentic-web-workshop/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://www.w3.org/events/workshops/2025/authentic-web-workshop/</a><br><a href="https://tantek.com/2025/071/t1/w3c-authentic-web-workshop-flaws#t5az1_ref-2" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">²</a> <a class="" href="https://credweb.org/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://credweb.org/</a> and <a class="" href="https://www.w3.org/community/credibility/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://www.w3.org/community/credibility/</a><br><br><br>Previously in 2019 I participated in <a class="" href="https://indieweb.social/tags/MisinfoCon:" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span class="p-category">MisinfoCon:</span></a> <br>* <a class="" href="https://tantek.com/2019/296/t1/london-misinfocon-discuss-spectrum-recency" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://tantek.com/2019/296/t1/london-misinfocon-discuss-spectrum-recency</a><br>* <a class="" href="https://tantek.com/2019/296/t2/misinfocon-roundtable-spectrums-misinformation" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://tantek.com/2019/296/t2/misinfocon-roundtable-spectrums-misinformation</a></p>
Blender Dumbass ( J.Y.Amihud )<p>Judging <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/research" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>research</span></a> based on who sponsored it is an <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Adhominem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Adhominem</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/logicalfallacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>logicalfallacy</span></a>. Yet it seems like not judging it based on who sponsored it is a <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/fallacyfallacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fallacyfallacy</span></a> . </p><p>Maybe the best would be to verify and test the ideas in research. But most of us aren't educated enough to even understand them. </p><p>How do we solve that without effecting people's <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/freedom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>freedom</span></a> ? </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/philosophy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>philosophy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/education" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>education</span></a></p>
Dan's so disgusted! 🤮<p>Nobody observed the billions of years before humanity existed, therefore it never happened!<br><a href="https://freeradical.zone/tags/LogicalFallacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LogicalFallacy</span></a> for you! :blobcatgiggle2:</p>
William Canna-bass<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@Dhmspector" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>Dhmspector</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://kolektiva.social/@MikeDunnAuthor" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>MikeDunnAuthor</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@blogdiva" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>blogdiva</span></a></span> <br>Your reply fails to address the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Genocide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Genocide</span></a> currently being funded by billions of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AmericanTaxPayerDollars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AmericanTaxPayerDollars</span></a> given away to a foreign country. <br>It is also a <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LogicalFallacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LogicalFallacy</span></a> known as a <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RedHerring" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RedHerring</span></a> or <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WhatAboutism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WhatAboutism</span></a>.<br>It is great to know that you support the indiscriminate murder of children.</p>
William Canna-bass<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://fediscience.org/@rahmstorf" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>rahmstorf</span></a></span> LOL, such a funny joke!<br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NetZero" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NetZero</span></a> is a <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LogicalFallacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LogicalFallacy</span></a> [1]. Carbon offset credits also are full of fraud [2] and colonialism[3] as well as subject to loss due to climate change [4] </p><p>[ <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Source" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Source</span></a> :<br>1) <a href="https://youtu.be/cy8vSAhV1R8?si=f5tFY826LWRJuXLx" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">youtu.be/cy8vSAhV1R8?si=f5tFY8</span><span class="invisible">26LWRJuXLx</span></a><br>2) <a href="https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/pr/us-attorney-announces-criminal-charges-multi-year-fraud-scheme-market-carbon-credits" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">justice.gov/usao-sdny/pr/us-at</span><span class="invisible">torney-announces-criminal-charges-multi-year-fraud-scheme-market-carbon-credits</span></a><br>3) <a href="https://climatesociety.climate.columbia.edu/news/carbon-offsets-new-form-neocolonialism" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">climatesociety.climate.columbi</span><span class="invisible">a.edu/news/carbon-offsets-new-form-neocolonialism</span></a><br>4) <a href="https://archive.ph/o7iI3" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">archive.ph/o7iI3</span><span class="invisible"></span></a>)<br>]</p>
Teodor Sandu<p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/correlation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>correlation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/causation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>causation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/logic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>logic</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/LogicalFallacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LogicalFallacy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/funny" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>funny</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/memes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>memes</span></a></p>
Scott Miller 🇺🇦 🇺🇸USpol, immigration
Miku ra<p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/LogicalFallacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LogicalFallacy</span></a> lesson 2</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/False_Dilemma" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>False_Dilemma</span></a> or <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/False_Dichotomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>False_Dichotomy</span></a>:<br>If someone presents only two options or outcomes, when in reality there are other options, it is called a false dilemma/dichotomy.</p><p>Example: "If we don't build more highways, traffic will be unbearable"<br>• this presents buildings highways as the only solution to traffic, where in reality there are many other factors.</p>
Miku ra<p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/LogicalFallacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LogicalFallacy</span></a> lesson 1</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Ad_hominem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Ad_hominem</span></a>: <br>When someone attacks the person and their traits instead of addressing the argument, it's known as an Ad Hominem fallacy. This is a <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/fallacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fallacy</span></a> because attacking the person does not discredit or invalidate their argument.</p><p>Example: "Your takes on the dangers of monopolies is invalid because you're a socialist"</p>
William Canna-bass<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.green/@gerrymcgovern" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>gerrymcgovern</span></a></span> "Some people believe that these restrictions are necessary to protect cars from theft." Who are these people, though?! <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/StrawMan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StrawMan</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LogicalFallacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LogicalFallacy</span></a></p>
doctorambient<p>(Edited for clarity) When you listen to the average person justifying their beliefs it is terrifying.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/reason" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>reason</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/reasoning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>reasoning</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/thinking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>thinking</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/cognitivefallacies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cognitivefallacies</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/thinkingfail" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>thinkingfail</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/logicalfallacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>logicalfallacy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/inconsistency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>inconsistency</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/inconsistencies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>inconsistencies</span></a></p>
Scott Miller 🇺🇦 🇺🇸<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://hachyderm.io/@darcher" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>darcher</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://queerspirituality.social/@Seilenos" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>Seilenos</span></a></span> “And now I can tell that you only reached this conclusion recently, so there haven't been many changes in government since you did.”</p><p>lol Where did you get that wrong idea? Thats the second assumption you’ve made about me. I guess if you can’t attack the argument, attack the person.</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/AdHominem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AdHominem</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/LogicalFallacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LogicalFallacy</span></a></p>
Truth Sandwich 🇺🇸😱💀<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.online/@blenderdumbass" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>blenderdumbass</span></a></span> </p><p>Counterpoint: Ignoring the known biases and reliability track record of a source would be foolish.</p><p><a href="https://fedi.truth-sandwich.com/tags/LogicalFallacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LogicalFallacy</span></a> <a href="https://fedi.truth-sandwich.com/tags/news" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>news</span></a> <a href="https://fedi.truth-sandwich.com/tags/agenda" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>agenda</span></a> <a href="https://fedi.truth-sandwich.com/tags/AdHominem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AdHominem</span></a> <a href="https://fedi.truth-sandwich.com/tags/logic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>logic</span></a> <a href="https://fedi.truth-sandwich.com/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a> <a href="https://fedi.truth-sandwich.com/tags/truth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>truth</span></a></p>
Blender Dumbass ( J.Y.Amihud )<p>Basing how much you believe <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/news" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>news</span></a> on the <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/agenda" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>agenda</span></a> of those who tells the news is an <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/AdHominem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AdHominem</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/LogicalFallacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LogicalFallacy</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/logic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>logic</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/truth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>truth</span></a></p>
M van Appeven<p><a href="https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2024/2/6/2221874/-One-particularly-interesting-Paragraph-from-today-s-Court-of-Appeals-Ruling-cites-Error-in-Logic" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">dailykos.com/stories/2024/2/6/</span><span class="invisible">2221874/-One-particularly-interesting-Paragraph-from-today-s-Court-of-Appeals-Ruling-cites-Error-in-Logic</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/immunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>immunity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/CourtofAppeals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CourtofAppeals</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/LogicalFallacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LogicalFallacy</span></a></p>
Leftist Lawyer<p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Capitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Capitalism</span></a> will ultimately fall victim to it's own <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/logicalfallacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>logicalfallacy</span></a>.</p><p>Boundless economic growth, constrained within a bounded system, is one such obvious logical impossibility. </p><p>Herb Stein -- Senior Fellow at the American Enterprise Institute -- DEFINED IRONY when he coined the phrase "If something cannot go on forever, it will stop." </p><p>One of the most important ways YOU can contribute to the end of rapacious capitalist consumption for profit is to make this clear to everyone you know -- at every opportunity you get. </p><p>Once seen ... it cannot be unseen.</p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ClimateCrisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateCrisis</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Ecosocialism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Ecosocialism</span></a></p>
Catherine Berry<p>Q: What do you call it when you make fun of the fact that your debate opponent's name sounds like some silly, profane, or embarrassing word?</p><p>A: An ad homonym attack.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Rhetoric" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Rhetoric</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/LogicalFallacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LogicalFallacy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Humor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Humor</span></a></p>
RationalWiki<p>New Portuguese-Language pages created on <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/RationalWiki" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RationalWiki</span></a> in July:<br><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Portugu%C3%AAs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Português</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Portuguese" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Portuguese</span></a></p><p>Apelo à fé <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/appealtofaith" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>appealtofaith</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/logicalfallacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>logicalfallacy</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Fal%C3%A1ciaL%C3%B3gica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FaláciaLógica</span></a><br><a href="https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Apelo_%C3%A0_f%C3%A9" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">rationalwiki.org/wiki/Apelo_%C</span><span class="invisible">3%A0_f%C3%A9</span></a></p><p><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/TDK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TDK</span></a> (acrônimo para Tirei Do Ku) <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/PIDOOMA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PIDOOMA</span></a><br><a href="https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/TDK" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">rationalwiki.org/wiki/TDK</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>Viés de sobrevivência <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/survivorshipbias" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>survivorshipbias</span></a> <br><a href="https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Vi%C3%A9s_de_sobreviv%C3%AAncia" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">rationalwiki.org/wiki/Vi%C3%A9</span><span class="invisible">s_de_sobreviv%C3%AAncia</span></a></p><p>Viés de seleção <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/selectionbias" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>selectionbias</span></a> <br><a href="https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Vi%C3%A9s_de_sele%C3%A7%C3%A3o" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">rationalwiki.org/wiki/Vi%C3%A9</span><span class="invisible">s_de_sele%C3%A7%C3%A3o</span></a></p><p>Evidência suprimida <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/cherrypicking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cherrypicking</span></a><br><a href="https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Evid%C3%AAncia_suprimida" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">rationalwiki.org/wiki/Evid%C3%</span><span class="invisible">AAncia_suprimida</span></a></p><p>Falácia do holofote <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/spotlightfallacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>spotlightfallacy</span></a><br><a href="https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Fal%C3%A1cia_do_holofote" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">rationalwiki.org/wiki/Fal%C3%A</span><span class="invisible">1cia_do_holofote</span></a></p><p>Teoria da cegueira deliberada <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/willfulignorance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>willfulignorance</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/denialism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>denialism</span></a> <br><a href="https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Teoria_da_cegueira_deliberada" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">rationalwiki.org/wiki/Teoria_d</span><span class="invisible">a_cegueira_deliberada</span></a></p><p>Post hoc, ergo propter hoc <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/posthocergopropterhoc" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>posthocergopropterhoc</span></a> <br><a href="https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Post_hoc,_ergo_propter_hoc_(portugu%C3%AAs)" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">rationalwiki.org/wiki/Post_hoc</span><span class="invisible">,_ergo_propter_hoc_(portugu%C3%AAs)</span></a></p><p>Superstição <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Superstition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Superstition</span></a><br><a href="https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Supersti%C3%A7%C3%A3o" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">rationalwiki.org/wiki/Supersti</span><span class="invisible">%C3%A7%C3%A3o</span></a></p><p>Apofenia <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Apophenia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Apophenia</span></a><br><a href="https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Apofenia" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">rationalwiki.org/wiki/Apofenia</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Lynton North<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://fe.disroot.org/users/bigMouthCommie" class="u-url mention">@<span>bigMouthCommie</span></a></span> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/from-the-archive-blog/2019/jul/24/molotov-ribbentrop-pact-germany-russia-1939" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/world/from-the</span><span class="invisible">-archive-blog/2019/jul/24/molotov-ribbentrop-pact-germany-russia-1939</span></a> &quot;French communist press “explains” the treaty: “anti-Comintern pact blown sky-high”</p><p>Guardian 24 Aug 1939</p><p>&quot;The Communist press declares that Stalin has dragged Herr Hitler to Canossa and forced him to respect the will of the Soviet Union. The Communist press is completely isolated in support of its argument and it is evident that the Communist party is risking its very existence by supporting Stalin&quot;. <a href="https://toad.social/tags/MolotovRibbentropPact" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>MolotovRibbentropPact</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/NoTrueScotsman" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>NoTrueScotsman</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/LogicalFallacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>LogicalFallacy</span></a></p>
Joana de Castro Arnaud<p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/@tao" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>tao</span></a></span> The concept of "proof". The layperson sees a plausible argument as proof of a statement, even if the argument is vague, flawed, or suffers from a <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/LogicalFallacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LogicalFallacy</span></a>. This is in contrast with mathematical proof, which must be logically airtight (even if presented less-than-formally on papers).</p><p>From that, it's hard to the layperson (and many math kooks) to realize that a mathematical proof is forever; they think that a counter-argument is enough to "disprove" something.</p>