usually connected by should keep her next thing you locked up in the “the know...” closet. Straw Man Substituting a Ted: Biological person’s actual evolution is both position or argument a theory and a with a distorted, fact. exaggerated, or Edwin: That is misrepresented ridiculous! How version of the position can you possibly of the argument. be absolutely certain that we evolved from pond scum! Ted: Actually that is a gross misrepresentation of my assertion. I never claimed we evolved from pond scum. Unlike math and logic, science is based on empirical evidence and, therefore, a scientific fact is something that is confirmed to such a degree that it would be perverse to withhold provisional consent. The empirical evidence for the fact that biological evolution does occur falls into this category. Red Herring Attempting to redirect Mike: It is the argument to morally to another issue that to cheat on your which the person spouse, why on doing the redirecting earth would you can better respond. have done that?
usually connected by “the next thing you know...” should keep her locked up in the closet. Straw Man Substituting a person’s actual position or argument with a distorted, exaggerated, or misrepresented version of the position of the argument. Ted: Biological evolution is both a theory and a fact. Edwin: That is ridiculous! How can you possibly be absolutely certain that we evolved from pond scum! Ted: Actually that is a gross misrepresentation of my assertion. I never claimed we evolved from pond scum. Unlike math and logic, science is based on empirical evidence and, therefore, a scientific fact is something that is confirmed to such a degree that it would be perverse to withhold provisional consent. The empirical evidence for the fact that biological evolution does occur falls into this category. Red Herring Attempting to redirect the argument to another issue that to which the person doing the redirecting can better respond. Mike: It is morally to cheat on your spouse, why on earth would you have done that?
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