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| ==== Rhetorical abuse ==== | ==== Rhetorical abuse ==== | ||
| - | The situation is different when unproven assumptions are introduced into arguments as if they were established facts, without ever actually being substantiated. In such cases, we often encounter some form of [[logic: | + | The situation is different when unproven assumptions are introduced into arguments as if they were established facts, without ever actually being substantiated. In such cases, we often encounter some form of [[logic: |
| This tactic is particularly prevalent in conspiracy theories and pseudoscientific arguments, but it also crops up in everyday discourse -- where it is all too often not recognised for what it is: a // | This tactic is particularly prevalent in conspiracy theories and pseudoscientific arguments, but it also crops up in everyday discourse -- where it is all too often not recognised for what it is: a // | ||