red herrings
Red Herring, Smoke Screen, Wild Goose Chase
The red herring is a diversionary tactic that distracts the opponent away from the real point under discussion. Red herring topics are irrelevant to the point under discussion, and serve to take the heat off an already weak argument.
Because creationists and advocates of intelligent design theory are arguing for a discredited, untenable position, they must resort to debating tactics such as the red herring.
The red herring is a diversionary tactic that distracts the opponent away from the real point under discussion. Red herring topics are irrelevant to the point under discussion, and serve to take the heat off an already weak argument.
Because creationists and advocates of intelligent design theory are arguing for a discredited, untenable position, they must resort to debating tactics such as the red herring.
Labels: creationism, distraction, diversionary tactic, fallacies of logic, intelligent design, irrelevance, red herring, smoke screen, wild goose chase
posted | 11/07/2007 07:42:00 PM
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idism = intelligent design theory
idist = intelligent design proponent, for example Behe or Dembski
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