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by squirejons 4520 days ago
the biggest logical fallacy is not realizing that homo sapiens is evolved to NOT use logic in certain areas: tribal allegiances, bonding and politics. You can see this play out in the GOP/conservative vs Dem/liberal farces in various forums and on TV every day. Same thing goes for what passes for the term 'political correctness.'

Also, religion--logic does not come into play there.

Also, death and the afterlife--logic is precluded there as well.

Homo sapiens is evolved to use logic in certain limited areas only.