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RE: Be an Intelligent Skeptic, not a Conspiracy Theorist
The video was a decent effort, but I lost track trying to count all the logical fallacies used in the argument.
The video was a decent effort, but I lost track trying to count all the logical fallacies used in the argument.
Please, name one.
Briefly rewatching the video I see, straw man, straw man, straw man, straw man, false dilemma, appeal to authority, appeal to popularity, throwing the baby out with the bath water, the use of the term 'conspiracy theorist as an ad hominem, the characterization of suspicion as, always, nothing more than fragility brought on by wounded emotions. Oh, sorry,you only asked for one.
Genuine, intelligent skeptics, who deal in empirical facts would know that relying on the word of government propagandists is an utterly indefensible position, and that 'conspiracy theory' has an actual definition that is NOT equal to, 'some fantasy made up to justify suspicions borne of psychological trauma'. The whole thing is, in fact, a quite well crafted ad hominem woven to create the illusion that all is right in the world, and those who experience fear, for genuine reasons, should simply be loved more.
If this were the venue for such a thing, I would teach a class on the differences between logic, and emotional persuasion.
Okay, I'm bored now, I think I'll go learn about actual things.
Funnily enough, you seem to be repeating everything said in the video. Maybe you were offended by the implication that irrationality and rejection of empirical facts is caused by emotional wounds to watch the rest.
I watched it four times, and I don't see how anything you've said makes any sense.
To each their own, then.
Again, you are not making sense.