| Fallacy | not even wrong | |||
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| Definition and Examples | A correct argument or explanation is easy to spot; it may look like this:
A wrong argument has an incorrect conclusion, but is presented in such a way that we can evaluate it, like so:
The above two examples can be shown to be right and wrong; they at least make enough sense for us to spot where the error is, or the logic leading to the error. Something that is not even wrong is usually so far out of the ballpark or so far from reality that it is, quite simply, flabbergastingly irrelevant. For example:http://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Reality
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![2+\left(\frac{Zebra+\sqrt[\pi]{Glockenspiel}}{A\ \mathit{Suffusion}\ \mathit{of}\ \mathit{Yellow}}\right)^{Quantum}=](http://rationalwiki.org/w/images/math/f/f/7/ff7f2aa21c5c3cbc53a524f0169356b5.png)
Tags: fallacies