tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3342041114052632712.post6488428272725153931..comments2024-01-20T16:39:42.179+11:00Comments on PhyloBotanist: The worst fallacyAlex SLhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00801894164903608204noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3342041114052632712.post-59279367770716268122014-04-02T16:58:23.711+11:002014-04-02T16:58:23.711+11:00Thanks. Yes, obviously the choice of #1 is a very ...Thanks. Yes, obviously the choice of #1 is a very subjective manner because there are just so many ways that we can be cognitively lazy...Alex SLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00801894164903608204noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3342041114052632712.post-44892327521907630042014-04-02T12:19:45.727+11:002014-04-02T12:19:45.727+11:00Very insightful. The pentecostal Christianity I gr...Very insightful. The pentecostal Christianity I grew up with had this way of thinking as a major feature - let God sort out the justice. And whenever backed into a corner of cognitive dissonance, the believer can always pull the trump card: God will serve justice in the afterlife! They can just look at the wealthy, immoral person and say "I wouldn't want to be in their shoes because they're headed for eternal suffering."<br /><br />Also, I've met conservative Christians who don't buy into climate change because they believe God is in control (and God will either prevent any disaster or Jesus' second coming will occur before there's a problem). This view is shockingly common in conservative circles and I'm sure many US politicians would have this "God will sort everything out in a decisive justice" attitude.<br /><br />Hmm... my own candidate would be the Argument from Authority Fallacy (or argument from tradition, perhaps). It just straight up shuts down critical thinking, and it's very telling if there's no better reason for doing something than "that guy told me" or "that's how we always do it".Monkeytreehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05731428503863624868noreply@blogger.com