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Old 02-19-2007, 04:31 AM  
websiex
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Originally Posted by DarkJedi View Post
Looks logical enough to me:

I created a thread > You replied, stating that no one cared > But in reality you cared because you clicked the thread and replied to it.

You = Owned by logic.


That isn't a logical argument, because you are implying that the only reason he clicked the thread is because he cared about it. The reality of the situation is that there are many reasons to click a thread besides "caring" about it.

The logical fallacy you used is the "fallacy of the single cause", which is a logical fallacy of causation that occurs when it is assumed that there is one, simple cause of an outcome when in reality it may have been caused by a number of only jointly sufficient causes.

A good example is

Quote:
A created a thread.
B replied to the thread.
Therefore, the only reason B replied to the thread is because B cared about the thread.
Isn't "logical", sorry. No offense btw.
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