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101Lewontin's Fallacy — Human Genetic Diversity: Lewontin s Fallacy is a 2003 paper by A.W.F. Edwards that criticizes Richard Lewontin s 1972 conclusion [Made in The apportionment of human diversity (1972) and again in the 1974 book The Genetic Basis of Evolutionary… …
102Translation fallacy — In linguistics, the translation fallacy is the concept that essentially no word, phrase, text or speech in one language can be reliably translated into another language without loss, addition or other change of meaning. [… …
103Bare assertion fallacy — The bare assertion fallacy is a fallacy in formal logic where a premise in an argument is assumed to be true merely because it says that it is true.One form of the fallacy may be summarized as follows:*Fact 1: X claims statement A. *Fact 2: X… …
104Lump of labour fallacy — Sophisme d une masse fixe de travail Le sophisme d une masse fixe de travail (en anglais : lump of labour fallacy) est un sophisme économique qui repose sur l hypothèse que la demande de travail (ou offre d emploi) serait une quantité fixe… …
105logical fallacy — noun a) A fallacy; a clearly defined error in reasoning used to support or refute an argument, excluding simple unintended mistakes. You cant prove Santa doesnt exist, therefore Santa does exist , is a common logical fallacy. b) A formal fallacy …
106sunk cost fallacy — UK US noun [S] ECONOMICS, MANAGEMENT ► the idea that a company or organization is more likely to continue with a project if they have already invested a lot of money, time, or effort in it, even when continuing is not the best thing to do:… …
107genetic fallacy — noun : the fallacy of employing the genetic method under inapplicable circumstances or in inappropriate ways; especially : an invalid resolution of phenomena into their antecedents * * * Logic. the fallacy of confusing questions of validity and… …
108Pendulum rocket fallacy — The pendulum rocket fallacy is a common fundamental misunderstanding of the mechanics of rocket flight and how rockets remain on a stable trajectory.Many liquid fuel rockets constructed by the early pioneers of rocketry in the 1920s and 1930s… …
109Third-cause fallacy — A variation on the post hoc ergo propter hoc fallacy, third cause fallacy asserts that X causes Y when in reality, X and Y are both caused by Z. When third causes are ignored, it becomes possible to corral shocking statistical evidence in support …
110Hoyle's fallacy — Named for the astrophysicist Sir Fred Hoyle, Hoyle s fallacy refers to a specific and common misrepresentation of evolutionary theory. [http://www.talkorigins.org/faqs/abioprob/abioprob.html Lies, Damned Lies, Statistics, and Probability of… …
