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A False Dilemma is when a player confronts another with a situation, and claiming that there is only one reasonable way out, because the only other way out is worse. | A False Dilemma is when a player confronts another with a situation, and claiming that there is only one reasonable way out, because the only other way out is worse. | ||
For example, in a 5 player game with 2 scum: | For example, in a 5 player game with 2 scum: | ||
* Player A: We have to | * Player A: We have to eliminate Player X. | ||
* Player B: Why? | * Player B: Why? | ||
* Player A: Well, we either | * Player A: Well, we either eliminate Player X, or we go to [[No Elimination]], but if we go to [[No Elimination]], we'll lose. | ||
This argument is fallacious, because | This argument is fallacious, because eliminating ''either'' Player X or going to No Elimination aren't the only possible results to the situation, and so the dilemma is false. | ||
[[Category:Logical Fallacies]] | [[Category:Logical Fallacies]] | ||
Latest revision as of 06:54, 4 July 2020
A False Dilemma is when a player confronts another with a situation, and claiming that there is only one reasonable way out, because the only other way out is worse. For example, in a 5 player game with 2 scum:
- Player A: We have to eliminate Player X.
- Player B: Why?
- Player A: Well, we either eliminate Player X, or we go to No Elimination, but if we go to No Elimination, we'll lose.
This argument is fallacious, because eliminating either Player X or going to No Elimination aren't the only possible results to the situation, and so the dilemma is false.