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Use your talent and experience, and bend the rules http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Ocean_Strategy ... Or dunk for the next couple months waiting for the moment that will never pass...


This pattern is called a Sylogism. Everybody hates sylogisms as it's mostly used to manipulate.


1) Syllogisms are mostly used for manipulation 2) Everyone hates manipulation .`.) Everyone hates syllogisms.

...nope, doesn't work for me.


Ok you got me ! :)


I was getting at something more specific than just a logical fallacy, but specifically the part where you sanctimoniously declare "aHA! It isn't real!" It is true that is a special case of a more general logical fallacy, but I see this specific one pop up a lot, reifying ignorance, then declaring it false as if that actually proves something.



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