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A straw man argument is a distortion of an argument that makes it easier to attack. You have only made assertions, without supporting arguments, and I have responded with an evidence-based argument of my own.
A straw man argument is a distortion of an argument that makes it easier to attack. You have only made assertions, without supporting arguments, and I have responded with an evidence-based argument of my own.
So no, not a straw man argument.
Again, yes or no, please.
Believing in something isn't enough to make it true, is it? Yes or no.
You claim your memory is reliable. Videos of other people making their own claims are not an argument for that.
Saying I have not supported my argument is a straw man.
I supported my argument with videos…
In fact the videos make a good case.
You claim your memory is reliable. Videos of other people making their own claims are not an argument for that.
Ironically the only evidence of the reliability of your memory you provide is your own anecdotal evidence that it is not a reliable guide to the past!
No, it's simply a statement of fact - all human memory is flawed. Some things we remember better than others, but personal experience and autobiographical memory is generally unreliable - because memories are labile, not static; the way they are stored is fragmentary and associative, and the way they are retrieved is associative and reconstructive.
To say my memory is flawed… is a straw man.
No, it's simply a statement of fact - all human memory is flawed.
You've been provided with plenty of articles and papers describing this.
It's a simple syllogism:
Speak for yourself. I will accept.
If you claim my memory is flawed, this is flawed logic.
I say my memory is reliable.
Your memory is unreliable.
I suspect that we all wish human memory was more reliable - but wishing doesn't make it so.
Speak for yourself. I will accept.
If you claim my memory is flawed, this is flawed logic.
Can you remember precisely what you had for dinner and at what time exactly 4 years ago today?
In other words, your memory isn't perfect.
Who were the presidents of South Africa in 1995?
Speak for yourself. I will accept.
If you claim my memory is flawed, this is flawed logic.
Who were the presidents of South Africa in 1995?
Perfect as in not flawed, which is what you claim.
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