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Stop Me If Master Vegetable Made This Point Months Ago....
5 Jan 2026 8:18 pm
****.Vegas » 05 Jan 2026, 9:12 pm » wrote: ↑ Nope. You envy me. It infuriates you that I work in AI and know this stuff inside and out. Your narcissism won't allow you to accept that.
AI laughs at you.
The provided statement relies on several logical fallacies and cognitive shortcuts that undermine its validity as an objective method for finding "truth."Lol. No stupid ***. Here, let me narrow it down for you. Whatever your stupid liberal sources say ie...CNN, MSNBC, and your brainless legtwing blogs you love, if you take the complete opposite of what they tell you to think, then you will find the truth about Trump.
1. The Ad Hominem Fallacy
The logic begins by attacking the source (calling them "stupid ***," "brainless," etc.) rather than addressing the substance of their claims. In formal logic, the reliability or character of a speaker does not automatically invalidate every fact they present.
2. The "False Dilemma" or Binary Thinking
The argument suggests a binary world where information is either 100% false (from certain outlets) or 100% true (the "complete opposite").
This ignores the reality that:
Most media bias manifests through selective emphasis or framing, rather than outright fabrication of every detail.
Taking the "complete opposite" of a reported event (e.g., if a source says "it is raining," the opposite is "it is not raining") often leads to a conclusion that is just as factually incorrect as the original might be skewed.
3. Confirmation Bias and Motivated Reasoning
The statement describes a classic case of motivated reasoning, where an individual seeks to reinforce preexisting beliefs by systematically eliminating or inverting contradictory information. This process creates an "echo chamber" that rewards ideological loyalty over factual accuracy.