I have decided to start a little project.
I'm going to review Judy Woods' "work" and point out some of the many logical fallacies contained therein. (Once again thanks to Brian Dunning podcast for the guidance)
Those that want to join in, feel free!
Here goes:
Judy Wood is guilty of this logical fallacy on many counts. A prime example is her claim that "all the steel was "dustified" at the WTC". Many pictures exist showing the thousands of tons of the remnants of the steel structure at Ground Zero. Pictures that are readily available for inspection and which must have come to her attention. These are ignored.
A classic case of Observational Selection.
Compus
What are you talking about? If you're going to do this project of yours, you need to link us to the places in Dr. Wood's website that give rise to your assertions. You did not do that. Your project has no merit at all, absent a frame of reference that lets us know what, where and by what means you claim 'fallacy' or whatever it is you are wanting to claim.
You can engage in an exercise of rebuttal, citing claims of fallacy, however you cannot do so convincingly absent a reference.
What is equally interesting here is that you, Compus, posted up about 40 eulogies in the All43 video thread, staking out a claim that eulogies proved death in Boeing 767, United Fl 175, that was not ever shown to have crashed.
The issue with using logic as a means of criticism is that in order to be valid, it is usually essential that the person claiming to know the difference between and among fallacies should NOT use them her/himself. Further, it is essential to recognize that fallacy detection is not a weapon to be used against someone else and is, instead, merely a neutral means of helping to determine the validity of ALL arguments and claims, not just those you do not like to begin with.
You do not "own" fallacies or the right to rely on them for purposes of refutation. In addition, fallacy detection in this thread, to be valid, has to apply equally to all claims and posts, not merely those of Dr. Wood.
In short, we should all try not to engage in fallacious argument.
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