Yesway Jose
First Post
I would like to propose that every Friday be "that's a fallacy!"-free on Enworld.
Many (most?) of the observations and conclusions that we make on Enworld are subjective and cannot be proven or disproven to be objective facts or rigorously logical conclusions, and despite that, I think that opinions are often (and incorrectly) treated as logical theories. Accusations of self-selection bias can be made by those under an equal (but opposite) self-selection bias. Accusations of logical fallacies can be levied incorrectly or with a double standard. Tough luck for those without the time and patience to play logical hardball out of left field.
"Fallacy!"-free Friday would be a recognition that, like in daily life, the subjective observations we make on Enworld have the "right" to be subjective and discussed on those terms.
I propose that on "Fallacy!"-free Friday, there shall be no summonings of straw man and other logical fallacies, and no demands for rigorous definitions and scientific conclusions.
This is not say that all opinions are equal; yet opinions can be discussed as if we were all at a party and trying to have reasonable but non-anal-retentive, non-belligerent conversations.
BTW not to be confused with fallacy-free Friday, an incredibly difficult trend to comply with and which only exists in a Bizarro alternate universe. On second thought, maybe Casual (Conversation) Friday would be a less confusing label.
Of course, IMO YMMV
Many (most?) of the observations and conclusions that we make on Enworld are subjective and cannot be proven or disproven to be objective facts or rigorously logical conclusions, and despite that, I think that opinions are often (and incorrectly) treated as logical theories. Accusations of self-selection bias can be made by those under an equal (but opposite) self-selection bias. Accusations of logical fallacies can be levied incorrectly or with a double standard. Tough luck for those without the time and patience to play logical hardball out of left field.
"Fallacy!"-free Friday would be a recognition that, like in daily life, the subjective observations we make on Enworld have the "right" to be subjective and discussed on those terms.
I propose that on "Fallacy!"-free Friday, there shall be no summonings of straw man and other logical fallacies, and no demands for rigorous definitions and scientific conclusions.
This is not say that all opinions are equal; yet opinions can be discussed as if we were all at a party and trying to have reasonable but non-anal-retentive, non-belligerent conversations.
BTW not to be confused with fallacy-free Friday, an incredibly difficult trend to comply with and which only exists in a Bizarro alternate universe. On second thought, maybe Casual (Conversation) Friday would be a less confusing label.
Of course, IMO YMMV
