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Comment by rauljara | Hacker News Reader

I looked for, but couldn't find a fallacy that seems like it would fit this - Fallacy of fallacy: Because someone is making a fallacious argument their conclusion is automatically incorrect. E.g.,

Arguer 1: "My opponent is a rapist, therefore his assertion that 2 + 2 = 5 is wrong."

Arguer 2: "You're argument is fallacious (ad hominem), therefore 2 + 2 really does equal 5."

Did anyone see this sort of fallacy in the list. Or should I add it to the wiki page?

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It is here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argument_from_fallacy

Thanks. Not sure how I missed it.

Looks like this one is already on there: "Argument from fallacy: if an argument for some conclusion is fallacious, then the conclusion is fallacious."

Link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argument_from_fallacy

I'd err to caution you about this kind of thinking, namely because people who spend careful time memorizing the names of fallacies rather than spending that time, explaining to other people with whom they're debating where they were mislead, tend to be assholes whose arguments boil down to spouting ad homenim, no true scotsman, Loki's wager, etc. Which is a more pretentious way of saying 'u r wrong' and being generally allienating the people with whom you're trying to converse. And yes this is from personal experience.

Also something of interest is: http://www.paulgraham.com/disagree.html

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