Lowered IQ (9) and dental fluorosis in children (10), Thyroid & pineal gland damage (7), broken hips from (1200 studies (4) show it is ineffective for teeth (5) Page, and packaged into a single sentence: By the time a rational, informed individual has replied toĪ "fluoride is toxic", or fluoride lowers IQ" claim, the GanG commenter has dumped another ton of garbage into the mix.Ģ9 specific false, out-of-context &/or misleading Gish Gallop,įear-mongering, anti-fluoridation claims, extracted from the comments in the example Is far easier to make a mess than to clean it up.Īnti-science Gish Gallop and Argumentum ad nauseamĪrguments frequently include a third anti-science tactic, unwarrantedįear Mongering, to try and sway public opinions by using misleading/misrepresented/fabricated statements like "fluoride is toxic" completely out of context of any exposure levels. To refute because the issues are extremely complex and can’t be The result is an overwhelming tsunami of claims – which canīe released quickly and which, frequently require significant time The mess by any specific refutation of a proceeding claim. Not only present a litany of claims - one after another, after another,Īnd are never swayed or distracted from dumping the next claim into Refutations, the same claims are repeated over and over and over…Įnhancing the verbal diarrhea and releasing an avalanche of claimsĭesigned to smother any opposition by force rather than reason. Gish ad nauseam Gallop (GanG) is an anti-science tactic that combines argumentum ad nauseam andĪ stream of false claims released to overwhelm any legitimate Over and over, those refuting the claims will become exhausted and Perhaps with the expectation that if the false opinions are repeated The hope that at least some of the opinions will be perceived by theĪudience as legitimate if they are repeated often enough – or Unsupportable, out of context claims over and over and over… with Repetition) is the tactic of repeating the same misleading, With verbal quantity rather than legitimate evidence. Presented against a well-established and supported scientificĭesigned to overwhelm all reason (and the scientific conclusions) Where an explosive, never ending stream of mephitic claims is
Technique that can be described as uncontrollable, verbal diarrhea, ‘tribute to’ the behavior of creationist Duane Gish, and Argumentum This page will explore two common tactics used byĪnti-science activists to present their propaganda: Gish Gallop, a Anti-Science Arguments Employing the tactics of Gish Gallop and Argumentum Ad Nauseam
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