JWeinCom said:
Cerebralbore101 said:
The burden of proof is yours. If you claim that somebody has made a fallacy, then you need to demonstrate that they have. Explain how his arguments are "God of the gaps fallacies", or leave the thread. Hell, I don't even think that God of the Gaps is an official fallacy at all. It's just a buzzword thrown around by certain people. Here check for yourself, it isn't listed. http://www.fallacyfiles.org/guiltbya.html
The sad thing here is that I'm on your side, but I have to call a spade a spade. You are throwing around claims of fallacies left and right without supporting them at all.
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I don't believe there is any official list of fallacies. What you're probably referring to is the non-exhaustive categories of logical fallacies that we tend to address. But, beyond those broad fallacies, there can be specific variations in regards to certain subjects.
The god of the gap fallacy (usually referred to as god of the gaps argument, but lets not split hairs) is a variation of the argument from ignorance fallacy. For example, we can't (although I'd say we can) determine where morality comes from exactly, so it must be god. And he pointed out exactly where the fallacy was used several times. When you say "100 years ago using radio waves for communication would've made you a witch.. you really think that in 100 years we won't uncover more hidden aspects of reality" that is basically a textbook example of argument from ignorance.
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"all i am saying is that this is similar to what has been done with concepts associated with a god"
he said this employs the god of the gaps fallacy.. since he's failed and you agree with him can you elaborate on how i've used that fallacy here?
" you really think that in 100 years we won't uncover more hidden aspects of reality" that is basically a textbook example of argument from ignorance"
its not its reality that as human technology improves we uncover more about the universe.. to claim that the fact that with time we learn more about our environment is a fallacy is insane lol
