red herring fallacy definition and examples audio

Įven though this is an ambiguous claim, similar claims were made later in the debate that are stated clearly. This would be the logical fallacy of inconsistency. He doesn't want discussion of this issue in public, particularly where it may encourage critical thinking. He even wants those who disagree with him or have come to different conclusions to be silenced ( message control). This closed-mindedness seems to be very targeted against Jesus Christ. While projecting a false open-mindedness, Bill makes incompatible statements that expose a mind that is so closed that it doesn't even want to rationally evaluate anything that disagrees with it's internal fake reality. Yet, Bill tried to imply that he is open minded.īill Nye gives the impression of openness to evidence that is contrary to his belief, sort of a plain folks fallacy.

He stated that you can't know God, which would imply that Bill is omnicient. He implied that no one ought to examine the facts concerning Creation science or God. He implied that those who don't believe this sacred cow story are dangerous to the future of America and the world. He implied that anyone who doesn't just blindly accept the Big-Bang-Billions-of-Years-No-Flood-Molecules-to-Man story cannot be a scientist. Throughout the debate, Bill Nye tried to make a case for message control and censorship of anything related to Creation science. In other words, when there is a big flood on the Earth, you would expect drowning animals to swim up to a higher level.' Not a single one where the fossils of one type of animal cross over into the fossils of another. In other words, when there is a big flood on the Earth, you would expect drowning animals to swim up to a higher level. Examples of the Logical Fallacy of False Open-Mindednessīill Nye arguing against Creation science: 'If you could find evidence of that, my friends, you could change the world.” ' There is not a single place in the Grand Canyon where the fossils of one type of animal cross over into the fossils of another. We are open-minded to things that don't violate our fake-realities too much. So, open-mindedness doesn't really exist. Each of us has such a thing, call it a paradigm, worldview, or world-perception, it is a fake-reality that seems more real to us that real reality. The fact is that no one is open-minded to things outside their deep-rooted concept of reality. Often, this false open-mindedness is used as evidence against any competing ideas or claims. The logical fallacy of false open-mindedness occurs when open-mindedness is claimed while also refusing to look at evidence supporting conclusions that differ from what is currently believed.

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Red herring fallacy definition and examples audio