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By: Dr Dre Beats Solo

Dr Dre Beats Solo — Tue, 12 Aug 2014 02:05:00 +0000

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By: Chris Leong

Chris Leong — Sun, 08 Jun 2014 05:12:22 +0000

I would be very careful about making these kinds of arguments. It is far too easy to strawman with the “proving too much” argument.

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By: Minimum wage, efficient markets and BATNA | Moshe'z

Minimum wage, efficient markets and BATNA | Moshe'z — Mon, 05 May 2014 17:35:57 +0000

[…] opportunity cost. Otherwise, this argument supports raising minimum wage arbitrarily high, and so proves too much – why not raise minimum wage to […]

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By: Steve

Steve — Fri, 06 Sep 2013 01:36:19 +0000

Hilariously proving too much, with a side of mind-killer: https://twitter.com/dcuthbert/status/375707158639566848

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By: Carinthium

Carinthium — Thu, 18 Jul 2013 22:25:57 +0000

In philosophy and sometimes in life, I’d criticise this argument because one can “bite the bullet” and challenge the claim said to be obviously false. Anselm comes into self-contradictions pretty quickly, but Pascal’s Mugging doesn’t.

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By: Carinthium

Carinthium — Thu, 18 Jul 2013 22:22:53 +0000

Martin Luther King would in some ways have been a bad influence. He was a clergyman, overestimated what non-violence could do(it works in countries such as Britain or America, but would never have worked in Nazi Germany or Stalinist Russia), and made mistakes on many small things (Tolstoy, for example, and his moral character).

If I had a daughter who knew Martin Luther King, I would let her (assuming she wanted to be more, not less selfless, otherwise it’s tricky), but warn that his moral authority does not mean he isn’t mistaken on a lot.

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By: Intelligent design, creationism, and fundamentalism: a reply to Randal Rauser

Intelligent design, creationism, and fundamentalism: a reply to Randal Rauser — Mon, 17 Jun 2013 09:08:45 +0000

[…] am sorry if that quickie “proves too much” argument leaves Randal dissatisfied, but here is not the place to go into depth on what’s […]

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By: Schrodinger’s Rapist Proves Too Much | Slate Star Codex

Schrodinger’s Rapist Proves Too Much | Slate Star Codex — Fri, 19 Apr 2013 04:43:23 +0000

[…] want to address these arguments using using a logical manuever I recently praised for its ability to get to the heart of complex […]

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By: Rory O’Kane

Rory O’Kane — Thu, 18 Apr 2013 02:23:36 +0000

For future convenience, here is a link to Wikipedia’s “Proving too much” article as it was when this post was written, in case someone eventually fixes the problem you see within the examples.

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By: Rory O’Kane

Rory O’Kane — Thu, 18 Apr 2013 01:57:47 +0000

The problem is in your opening sentence: “The fallacy of Proving Too Much is when you challenge an argument because …”. You could clear the confusion up by changing that to “The fallacy of Proving Too Much is when an argument …”.

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