Semmelweis Reflex
Published Thursday 16 November 2023 at 12:33
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The straw man fallacy occurs when someone misrepresents or exaggerates another person's argument to make it easier to attack or refute.
Instead of addressing the actual issue or argument, they fight a distorted or oversimplified version of it created by themselves, thereby sidestepping the genuine discussion at hand. [+]
Cognitive biases and logical fallacies
Created by Milena Zvancharova on 2023/11/16 11:33
