Bluetreefrog@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 days agoA fair proportion of the suffering in the world can be laid at the feet of binary thinking.message-squaremessage-square22fedilinkarrow-up199arrow-down113
arrow-up186arrow-down1message-squareA fair proportion of the suffering in the world can be laid at the feet of binary thinking.Bluetreefrog@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 days agomessage-square22fedilink
minus-squarethe_shitshow_never_ends@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up22·10 days agoA false dilemma, also referred to as false dichotomy or false binary, is an informal fallacy based on a premise that erroneously limits what options are available.
minus-square𝕽𝖚𝖆𝖎𝖉𝖍𝖗𝖎𝖌𝖍@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up5·9 days agoThere are grammar Nazis, and fashion Nazis; PC Nazis, and good ol’ fashioned fascist Nazis; but my favorite Nazis are logic Nazis!
A false dilemma, also referred to as false dichotomy or false binary, is an informal fallacy based on a premise that erroneously limits what options are available.
There are grammar Nazis, and fashion Nazis; PC Nazis, and good ol’ fashioned fascist Nazis; but my favorite Nazis are logic Nazis!