An all too common fallacy I’m afraid.
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Bad as this example is, I ran into one yesterday where the worse example involved a problem that doesn't even have a known & demonstrably efficacious fix
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It’s easily debunked. By pointing out that the interlocutor has ignored a graver problem. It eventually leads to Godwin’s Law being invoked
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@SBMPediatrics and I call it the Horgan Fallacy in honor of@Horganism, because he's really good at it and Clay pointed it out to him very adroitly in an old podcast of ours that we used to do. - Show replies
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How can I make time for this with so many strawman arguments being made on the twitter
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There's some overlap here with whataboutism I think
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Not 100% whataboutery but certainly in the family.
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But we have increasing efforts to cheap water and provide access to running water. Until then, we have rotavirus vaccine. We cannot do nothing until all humans have access to clean water.
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