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Huey » 23 Apr 2021, 1:51 pm » wrote: ↑

23 Apr 2021, 1:51 pm

@Blackvegetable  

Cherry picking, suppressing evidence, or the fallacy of incomplete evidence is the act of pointing to individual cases or data that seem to confirm a particular position while ignoring a significant portion of related and similar cases or data that may contradict that position. Cherry picking may be committed intentionally or unintentionally. This fallacy is a major problem in public debate.[1]

Imbecile, you do it all the time.

No, I don't...ever.  


Cherry picking is talking about your notifications "since this morning", when over the previous 24 you'd outdone me.


It is insisting that a small sample of 8 tournament results is dispositive.

It does not, in the main, involve excerpting the parts relevant to your argument from the text..

You didn't cite the entire article.

Let's cut this short..

Answer the first time..

Why would the introductory sentences of a paragraph contradict its balance?