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2 weeks, 3 days ago

Elon Musk slams controversy over Trump aide Sriram Krishnan’s immigration views: ‘Fixed pie fallacy’

Elon Musk took to X on Monday to criticise the controversy surrounding Sriram Krishnan's views on immigration and green card caps, calling the opposing views a “fixed pie” fallacy, which he described as “wrong-headed” economic thinking. Musk made this statement amid Krishnan's induction as senior White House Policy Advisor on Artificial Intelligence in the new Donald Trump administration. Sriram Krishnan …

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3 weeks, 6 days ago

How the sunk cost fallacy hurts your finances

Salon

Everyone makes mistakes or suffers from bad luck from time to time. A sunk cost fallacy then occurs if you lean into the sunk cost by putting more resources toward it, even though that doesn't recoup what's already lost. Sticking with misguided investments A major way that the sunk cost fallacy hurts finances is by causing investors to stay committed …

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4 weeks ago

The fallacy of natural birth: Safeguarding mothers and newborns in modern times

The Hindu

The recent case of an infant death in Pudukkottai district in Tamil Nadu shocked the health authorities. Why human childbirth is difficult Human childbirth reflects a delicate balance between two evolutionary pressures: the need for a narrow pelvis to support efficient bipedal locomotion and the requirement to accommodate a large-brained baby. Unlike most mammals, humans have a disproportionately large foetal …

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1 month, 2 weeks ago

Coping with the void that follows success

Live Mint

A40-year-old client recently said: “For the last three years I worked hard to launch this creative enterprise and now when it’s finally out there, I feel empty. After clients have achieved their goals, completed creative projects that sustained for a while or achieved what seemed like a lifelong dream, they often talk about how, contrary to their expectations, they don’t …

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4 months, 3 weeks ago

The fallacy of three worlds system theory

China Daily

The US Capitol building is seen in Washington, DC, in this file photo. His “Three Worlds” system theory and the concept of the global East aim to spoil the close relationship between China and developing countries, deliberately cover up the antagonistic nature of the global North-South, erase China's contribution to the developing world, and provide a false theoretical basis for …

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6 months ago

Logical fallacies: Seven ways to spot a bad argument

BBC

Logical fallacies: Seven ways to spot a bad argument Javier Hirschfeld To persuade you, people often try to use logical fallacies When people are trying to persuade you, they sometimes reach for underhand tricks like the 'appeal to ignorance' or 'whataboutism' to seem more convincing. The most obvious kind of ad hominem, though, is the sort that not only attacks …

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7 months, 4 weeks ago

Western industrial rhetoric nothing but an economic fallacy

China Daily

An employee works on a photovoltaic production line at a tech company in Huzhou, Zhejiang province. XIE SHANGGUO/FOR CHINA DAILY The United States and its Western allies have been hyping up the non-existent China's "overcapacity" issue to justify their protectionist measures and to paint China as a threat to international trade. Rather than representing an existential threat, China's purported overcapacity …

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9 months, 3 weeks ago

Yours, mine and hours: K Narayanan on the fallacy of quality time

Hindustan Times

In the beginning, there was time. Then the management types came in and tagged some of it “quality time” and things began to get complicated. One of the earliest instances of the use of the term “quality time” occurred at the height of the women’s liberation movement. In response to that pivotal question, one respondent was quoted as saying: “A …

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1 year, 1 month ago

Burying the fallacy of vaccine sceptics

Hindustan Times

An Indian Council of Medical Research study has found that the spate of sudden deaths reported post-Covid among young adults in India could be because of past Covid hospitalisation, family history of sudden deaths, binge drinking, and intense unaccustomed activity. It should set at rest the harmful narrative based on anecdotes and rumours that Covid-19 vaccines caused these deaths. Covid-19 …

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1 year, 2 months ago

Solid investigation exposes Western fabrication of 'forced labor' fallacy

China Daily

Cai Meng/China Daily URUMQI -- In recent years, anti-China forces in the West have fabricated and hyped up the so-called "forced labor" narrative, tarnishing China's international image and forcing bans on imports from Xinjiang. Based on an extensive study of over 30,000 Xinjiang-related stories from 15 countries and regions, he selected 189 pieces published by 13 media outlets that spread …

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1 year, 9 months ago

The Fallacy of Debate over NCERT Textbook by the Prophets of Doom - News18

News 18

The academic commissars are back again, haunted, apparently by the spectre of saffronisation of the National Council of Educational Research and Training textbooks. From concerned historians, a pseudonym for the old contractors of the history syllabus in India, to journalist-activists eager to peddle the political agenda of the elites of the ancient regime, to the scores of political parties desperate …

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1 year, 10 months ago

A ‘democratisation’ that is more a fallacy

The Hindu

“Most people are other people. From the beginning, social media platforms have trumpeted that they have ‘democratised’ self-expression. The ‘creator economy’ The ability of social media platforms to abridge expression is also playing out in the so-called “creator economy”. In order to improve user stickiness and engagement, social media platforms have started compensating users for original audiovisual content. Social media …

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2 years, 1 month ago

How to spot and call out a logical fallacy at workplace

Live Mint

Our comforting conviction that the world makes sense rests on a secure foundation, namely, our almost unlimited ability to ignore our ignorance— Daniel Kahneman in ‘Thinking, Fast and Slow’ This line jumped out at me when I recently re-read Kahneman’s 2013 book Thinking Fast And Slow, a must-read for anyone who wants to understand the tricks the human mind plays …

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2 years, 2 months ago

Rishi Raj and after: Liberal fallacy of connecting India’s plurality with a Muslim Prime Minister

Firstpost

If the liberals really think that some day India’s plurality should reflect in a Muslim Prime Minister, they should promote liberal, secular, democratic and nationalist ethos in the Muslim community, rather than keeping it bogged into the communal quagmire In an ironic twist to the fulfilment of the Macaulayian wish of having a class of people, “Indian in blood and …

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2 years, 3 months ago

The fallacy of potency tests

The Hindu

Vinod* is facing proceedings in the Juvenile Justice Board. While there are many ways to do a potency test, the one commonly used includes reflexes and measurement of the male genitalia based on which the authorities form their opinion that the examined individual is physically not incapable of sexual intercourse. Exemplifying the lack of understanding of sexuality among authorities, an …

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2 years, 3 months ago

Rueben Owens and the fallacy of the ‘secret’ Texas A&M visit

New York Times

The news hit the internet early Tuesday afternoon that five-star running back and Louisville commitment Rueben Owens of El Campo High was taking a visit to Texas A&M this weekend for the Aggies’ game against Miami. “I don’t know who leaked it,” Owens told The Athletic on Tuesday evening. 🎥🍿 pic.twitter.com/eMkzFg0qF0 — Zack Poff September 13, 2022 Owens doesn’t know …

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2 years, 4 months ago

Quitting what you started is not always a sign of weakness

Live Mint

A 24-year-old male client in therapy tells me: “My first year of business school has been terrible for my mental health. This fallacy can be seen across situations such as unhappy relationships/marriages, financial investments, education, and even persisting with a series on an OTT platform even though you don’t like it. At the same time, it’s important to recognise, as …

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2 years, 5 months ago

Sanskrit, Ultracrepidarianism and the Bandwagon Fallacy

Firstpost

Sanskrit bashing is one of the visible manifestations of both the bandwagon fallacy and ultracrepidarianism. You have to forgive these villifiers, because it is evident that they do not know Sanskrit The hefty diatribes against the exquisite Sanskrit language, lodged mainly by privileged, elite members of the Western academy, of both Western and Indian origin, and by mainstream Western media …

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2 years, 8 months ago

Fallacy of the Hindutva project

The Hindu

One has lost count of religiousconclaves of Hindu ‘saints’ friendly to the Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh calling for violent cleansing of lawful Indian Muslims. The most crucial issue is, why do the common Muslims of today’s India have to pay for the sins of ‘Muslim’ rulers of the past who had friendly and cordial relations with higher caste Hindus? Hindutva zealots …

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3 years, 2 months ago

Edgar Wright: ‘The idea of there being the good old days in any form is a fallacy’

The Independent

Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse Loughrey Get our The Life Cinematic email for free Get our The Life Cinematic email for free SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “They were the epicentre of the scene we’re portraying in the …

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3 years, 7 months ago

The fallacy of the colonial ‘right to self-defence’

Al Jazeera

The violence convulsing the Middle East has produced heart-rending images and statistics. Lukewarm expressions of “dismay” and “grave concern” at Palestinian deaths have been interspersed with declarations of “unwavering support for Israel’s security and for Israel’s legitimate right to defend itself”. They have also included appeals for “moral clarity”, implying that the actions of Palestinian groups, though causing a tiny …

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3 years, 9 months ago

‘Fallacy that State Controls Vaccine Process’: Health Secy Reacts to Criticism Over Need vs Want Remark

News 18

New Delhi: Reacting to the criticism he received for his statement on Covid-19 vaccination for “those who need it”, Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan on Wednesday said it was a “fallacy that vaccination process is being controlled by the state” “It is a fallacy that our vaccination process is heavily regulated and controlled by the state. Reacting to demands of …

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3 years, 10 months ago

Actor Ranvir Shorey attacked by leftist trolls for exposing their logical fallacy

Op India

On Monday, Bollywood actor Ranvir Shorey called out the leftists on social media for drawing a false equivalence between the incumbent Modi government and the British rule in India. In a tweet, he wrote, “The next person who equates this democratically elected government to British rule gets slapped.” Shorey added, “Keep your freedom struggle analogies in your dimwit brains.” The …

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3 years, 11 months ago

Directors Roundtable: Regina King, Spike Lee and more discuss ‘the greatest fallacy of our profession’

LA Times

When six film directors got together virtually for The Envelope Roundtable in December, the issue of control — both when you have it and when you don’t — came up again and again. Regina King, the Oscar-, Emmy- and Golden Globe-winning actress who makes her feature debut as director with “One Night In Miami,” a fictional telling of the real-life …

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Elon Musk slams controversy over Trump aide Sriram Krishnan’s immigration views: ‘Fixed pie fallacy’

How the sunk cost fallacy hurts your finances

The fallacy of natural birth: Safeguarding mothers and newborns in modern times

Coping with the void that follows success

The fallacy of three worlds system theory

Logical fallacies: Seven ways to spot a bad argument

Western industrial rhetoric nothing but an economic fallacy

Yours, mine and hours: K Narayanan on the fallacy of quality time

Burying the fallacy of vaccine sceptics

Solid investigation exposes Western fabrication of 'forced labor' fallacy

The Fallacy of Debate over NCERT Textbook by the Prophets of Doom - News18

A ‘democratisation’ that is more a fallacy

How to spot and call out a logical fallacy at workplace

Rishi Raj and after: Liberal fallacy of connecting India’s plurality with a Muslim Prime Minister

The fallacy of potency tests

Rueben Owens and the fallacy of the ‘secret’ Texas A&M visit

Quitting what you started is not always a sign of weakness

Sanskrit, Ultracrepidarianism and the Bandwagon Fallacy

Fallacy of the Hindutva project

Edgar Wright: ‘The idea of there being the good old days in any form is a fallacy’

The fallacy of the colonial ‘right to self-defence’

‘Fallacy that State Controls Vaccine Process’: Health Secy Reacts to Criticism Over Need vs Want Remark

Actor Ranvir Shorey attacked by leftist trolls for exposing their logical fallacy

Directors Roundtable: Regina King, Spike Lee and more discuss ‘the greatest fallacy of our profession’