As I psychologist, I avoid to judge people about their choices. Especially when they were ignorant about the correct options at the time the issue happened.
Imagine yourself browsing peacefully through the social media, liking, commenting and sharing different content, when suddenly you stumble upon a big, fat, mind disturbing pseudo-science fact written on a topic of which you know better. The scientist, the thinker inside of you is eager to bring justice upon the creator of this bullshit post. You quickly open the comment section to see how’s the discussion going and whether there’s at least one person who tries to explain (or already has explained) the truth and the objective facts on the topic.
Instead you find the author defending himself using unreasonable circular arguments, personal insults and more fake science facts. You decide to step in with solid arguments and true facts based on empirical studies, as you apply the results from them. But instead of bringing clarity on the topic, you get bashed by the author the same way as the rest like you. It’s like you are talking to a wall. Worse thing is that there are now other people joining the author, as they fail to perceive the truth behind his way of thinking.
You now left with two choices: Ignore the bullshit creator and his supporters and move on with your life or continue to argue with them, descending on their level of communication. Either of these choices does not bring any perspective and does not resolve the general issue: their failure to think critically.
Of course, nobody is obliged to correct and teach the ignorant people around him. If you don’t want to do that, but still want to “punish” them ethically, you could check the guys form Your logical fallacyis.
They made a creative, fun and educating way to deal with people who not only spread fake news on the Web, but also defend themselves with subjective aruments, known as logical fallacies. And they do it absolutely for free. Their website is “designed to help you identify and call out dodgy logic wherever it may raise its ugly, incoherent head”. They’ve distinguished 24 logical fallacies, each of which has a clickable icon and a description about it. (They even have a very cool free to download poster). You could directly send it to the person, post it under his comment or statement, mocking him and educating him and others at the same time. So the next time you see such post or comment, don’t waste your energy on it. Identify their logical fallacy and reveal them and their audience the truth. Or just have fun with them. The choice is yours !
Source: Your logical fallacyis
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