Is Tu Quoque the most overlooked fallacy?
>>8701725
Yeah
>>8701725
>ANON, HOW CAN YOU OPPOSE CAPITALISM WHEN STILL YOU USE A COMPUTER?
Oh yes.
You can get used to being around people who don't realize when they've made a category error or even care what a category error is, but people incapable of basic dialectical reasoning are like permanent dark holes on your radar, floating listlessly and polluting all the beauty in the world
>>8701725
It's quite possible desu
>>8701762
>category error
Can you explain what this is anon senpai? The computer is inseparable from capitalism like a library is inseparable from a university?
>>8701781
No, that's tu quoque. Owning a computer is a seemingly hypocritical action that doesn't invalidate the argument.
Category errors are when you ascribe something of category A a trait that can properly only describe something of category B. It's common in colloquial language, i.e. "my computer's being stubborn" and so inserts itself somewhat more insidiously into various arguments.
https://www.aaronmbrown.net/blog/2012/04/know-your-fallacy-category-error/
It's nonetheless a much more subtle point