the_great_Cornholio@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 9 months agoWhat are some logical fallacies that you see regularly that others fail to notice?message-squaremessage-square25fedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up10arrow-down1message-squareWhat are some logical fallacies that you see regularly that others fail to notice?the_great_Cornholio@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 9 months agomessage-square25fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarertxn@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-29 months agoI don’t know if it’s a fallacy, but way too many people use the word “theory” to describe a hypothesis. Also, mistaking synchronicity for causation.
minus-squaresnooggums@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·9 months agoThe lay usage of theory has the same meaning as hypothesis. So outside of a scientific context they are using it correctly. The problem is when they use the lay definition of theory to dismiss a scientific theory.
I don’t know if it’s a fallacy, but way too many people use the word “theory” to describe a hypothesis.
Also, mistaking synchronicity for causation.
The lay usage of theory has the same meaning as hypothesis. So outside of a scientific context they are using it correctly.
The problem is when they use the lay definition of theory to dismiss a scientific theory.