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  • The YNSTRILT Fallacy is distinguishable, however, by its essentialism -- its implicit or explicit assertion that all such significances are and can only be Import Artifices. posted by Hal Duncan | 10: 26 PM

    Arguing With Geeks 10 Hal Duncan 2009

  • The YNSTRILT Fallacy is distinguishable, however, by its essentialism -- its implicit or explicit assertion that all such significances are and can only be Import Artifices. posted by Hal Duncan | 10: 26 PM

    Archive 2009-03-01 Hal Duncan 2009

  • The Anthropic Fallacy is not my assertion, but that of those who have faith in a God as a Supreme Being distinct from the material Cosmos.

    Archive 2007-04-01 Hal Duncan 2007

  • The Anthropic Fallacy is not my assertion, but that of those who have faith in a God as a Supreme Being distinct from the material Cosmos.

    A Response to a Response Hal Duncan 2007

  • The IDSISINT Fallacy — Often articulated in the form, “You’re reading too much into it,” the IDSISINT (or “I Don’t See It So It’s Not There”) Fallacy is an extension of the mistaken belief that absence of evidence is evidence of absence.

    Arguing With Geeks 5 Hal Duncan 2009

  • Whether or not Lewontin’s Fallacy is a fallacy depends on how one defines the concept of “difference” between two genomes. [

    The Volokh Conspiracy » Some Scientists’ Openness to the Possibility of Genetic Differences in Mental Traits Among Racial and Ethnic Groups 2010

  • The IDSISINT Fallacy — Often articulated in the form, “You’re reading too much into it,” the IDSISINT (or “I Don’t See It So It’s Not There”) Fallacy is an extension of the mistaken belief that absence of evidence is evidence of absence.

    Archive 2009-03-01 Hal Duncan 2009

  • The YNSTRILT Fallacy — A relative of the IDSISINT Fallacy, the YNSTRILT (or “You’re Not Supposed To Read It Like That”) Fallacy is the predication of significance solely upon conscious purpose, generally in an attempt to justify an Argument by Insignification.

    Archive 2009-03-01 Hal Duncan 2009

  • The YNSTRILT Fallacy — A relative of the IDSISINT Fallacy, the YNSTRILT (or “You’re Not Supposed To Read It Like That”) Fallacy is the predication of significance solely upon conscious purpose, generally in an attempt to justify an Argument by Insignification.

    Arguing With Geeks 10 Hal Duncan 2009

  • The rest of your post is essentially an extended exercise in what Carl Sagan called the Fallacy of the Excluded middle.

    Global Warming... 2009

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