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by Kudzu_Bob 4759 days ago
“Most fallacies are like that - they're heuristics which work most of the time. For example, if you see people running in terror in one direction, and you join them, you've committed the bandwagon fallacy, but you're probably right. If you refuse to invest in someone's business because they've been convicted of fraud, that's ad hominem, but you're probably right.”

http://chariotofreaction.blogspot.com/2012/11/slippery-slope...