False dichotomies can be false in several ways. Both options could be true, both options could be not true, or -- and this is the version I encounter most often -- the fallacy is pretending there are merely two options when there are many more (and many of those could have some truth to them).
The double bind is a favourite tool of compliance fetishists. It works like reverse zen on unwary people. Instead of epiphany, they get stupid and helpless.
False dichotomies can be false in several ways. Both options could be true, both options could be not true, or -- and this is the version I encounter most often -- the fallacy is pretending there are merely two options when there are many more (and many of those could have some truth to them).
The double bind is a favourite tool of compliance fetishists. It works like reverse zen on unwary people. Instead of epiphany, they get stupid and helpless.
Fake virus: natural or manmade?
Divisiveness at its finest
Well played Señor Rat.
This is why we get each other. Binary thinking is a plague on humanity. Too many people fall for false dilemmas and false dichotomies, too easily.
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