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by sebzim4500 1115 days ago
I agree it's a fallacy when the probability is like 10^-10 but in this case I believe that the probability is more like 1%, in which case the argument is sound. I'm not trying to make a pascal's wager argument.
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Correction: you perceive it to be a fallacy when others assign high probabilities to things you believe are low probability. Unfortunately, this cuts both ways. Many people believe your 1% estimate is unreasonably high. Are you therefore promoting a fallacy?

Too many ridiculous arguments can be justified on the backs of probability estimates pulled from nether regions.