FabSwingers.com forum: Logical Fallacy of the Day: Personal Incredulity

By *heNerdyFemby OP Woman
over a year ago

Eastbourne (she/they)

Because you found something difficult to understand, or are unaware of how it works, you made out like it's probably not true.

Complex subjects like biological evolution through natural selection require some amount of understanding before one is able to make an informed judgement about the subject at hand; this fallacy is usually used in place of that understanding.

Example: Kirk drew a picture of a fish and a human and with effusive disdain asked Richard if he really thought we were stupid enough to believe that a fish somehow turned into a human through just, like, random things happening over time.

By *coptoCouple
over a year ago

Côte d'Azur & Great Yarmouth

Depends on the fish (Ontology recapitulates Phylogeny). IIRC it's only sharks which have five gill slits like human embryos...

By *heNerdyFemby OP Woman
over a year ago

Eastbourne (she/they)

"Depends on the fish (Ontology recapitulates Phylogeny). IIRC it's only sharks which have five gill slits like human embryos..."

And even though I don't completely understand what you just said, I am not going to say it as wrong!