pull down to refresh
Yesyes, copy-paste Wikipedia all day
reply
The point is to define the problem then use AI to quickly explain it. Had I hand typed all of it from memory would that make it any more accurate or applicable?
reply
You could have just assumed that I was even a half-intelligent person (or with Google installed...) and said "no true Scotsman fallacy."
Instead you just seem like a bot
reply
Nope, just your average insufferable douche ;)
reply
Tough job, but someone's gotta do it
reply
Also, this... For the core dispute:
reply
No True Scotsman is an informal fallacy that protects a universal generalization from a valid counterexample by arbitrarily redefining membership in the group.
The MechanismThe Mechanism
When faced with a specific example that disproves a claim, the speaker shifts the goalposts. Instead of conceding the point, they use a "purity" criterion (e.g., "true," "real," "genuine") to exclude the counterexample from the category.
The Logical StructureThe Logical Structure
Why It FailsWhy It Fails
It renders a claim unfalsifiable. By defining the group so that only those who fit the claim are included, the statement becomes a tautology—it is true only by its own circular definition rather than by any objective evidence.