Argumentum ad Derren Browniam
October 24th, 2008
Errors in skeptical debates: Argumentum ad Derren Browniam.
OK, this is not a serious attempt to introduce a newly named logical fallacy! However, I would like to address the usage of the argument whereby people, and often skeptics, try to convince others that what psychics do isn’t real because Derren Brown can do the same things. I jokingly refer to this as the ‘Argumentum ad Derren Browniam’. (more…)
Filed under: Fallacies in reasoning | Tags: Derren Brown, fallacy, NLP, skeptic
October 24th, 2008 15:12:28