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I changed the wording from "true" and "false" to "right" and "wrong" because neither example attempted to prove/disprove a fact, but rather accomplish an interpersonal goal.
Appeal to pity is not a cognitive bias. I'm going to take it out of the category within the next week unless anyone has objections. -- Ubiq 09:12, 28 December 2006 (UTC)
The examples are okay and do not offend anyone. They may fall short of illuminating everyone for that reason. The one I ran across (reworded for here) was "More people die every day from hiccups than in the attack on Fallujah." Anyway, something a little more evocative may be useful. Student7 ( talk) 14:33, 20 February 2010 (UTC)
I don't see how "please, have mercy on me" falls under this in the context of fallacy. While it might be an appeal, it doesn't directly contain any logic (that is, there's no reasoning for the pity), it's just a request. Or am I missing something? Schwinghammer ( talk)
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I changed the wording from "true" and "false" to "right" and "wrong" because neither example attempted to prove/disprove a fact, but rather accomplish an interpersonal goal.
Appeal to pity is not a cognitive bias. I'm going to take it out of the category within the next week unless anyone has objections. -- Ubiq 09:12, 28 December 2006 (UTC)
The examples are okay and do not offend anyone. They may fall short of illuminating everyone for that reason. The one I ran across (reworded for here) was "More people die every day from hiccups than in the attack on Fallujah." Anyway, something a little more evocative may be useful. Student7 ( talk) 14:33, 20 February 2010 (UTC)
I don't see how "please, have mercy on me" falls under this in the context of fallacy. While it might be an appeal, it doesn't directly contain any logic (that is, there's no reasoning for the pity), it's just a request. Or am I missing something? Schwinghammer ( talk)