Latin for “It doesn’t follow”.
e.g., Our nation will prevail because God is great. But nearly every nation pretends this to be true; the German formulation was “Gott mit uns”). Often those falling into the non sequitur fallacy have simply failed to recognize alternative possibilities.
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The Baloney Detection Kit: Carl Sagan’s Rules for Bullshit-Busting and Critical Thinking
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Necessary cognitive fortification against propaganda, pseudoscience, and general falsehood. A brilliant read and a humbling read.
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