Why logical arguments are bad arguments

[Uncle]

mostly posting this here so I can find it again later

https://unreasonabledoubt.substack.com/p/why-logical-arguments-are-bad-arguments (https://archive.is/1Dycy)

I don't know if I agree with everything he says here, but the section about how most "logical fallacies" are used constantly with no pushback and are actually fine resonates with me

a lot of fallacies always include disclaimers that they're ok sometimes, which just says "these are ok when I like them, when they feeeel more correct"

like, slippery slopes aren't strictly logical guarantees, but come the fuck on, some consequences are near enough to certain to constitute a pretty good argument

"appeal to authority" is only bad when people don't like the authority, "oh that researcher has a clear agenda and was discredited ages ago by other people I already trust implicitly, so you can safely disregard everything they said"



also, this takedown of the Karl Popper shitty meme infographic

https://unreasonabledoubt.substack.com/p/the-paradoxes-of-the-tolerant (https://archive.is/uuySm)