Sentences with phrase «arguing from ignorance»

You are arguing both from ignorance (you did not read the study) and from incredulity simultaneously.

Since you are not an expert on beasts, as you call them, you're also arguing from ignorance.

You are essentially admitting to arguing from ignorance.

Please desist (arguing from ignorance, that is).

Arguing from ignorance is * so * boring.

Your argument accusations and finger pointing is just arguing from Ignorance ARGUMENTUN AD IGNORATIUM.

Why the abortion issue won't go away: One side (pro-choice) argues from fact, reason, and an understanding of the natural world; and the other (pro-life) argues from ignorance and blind belief in a fairy tale.

In this case, the theist argues from ignorance.

Not sure that ignoring Nierenberg's prominence does much more than to argue from ignorance, an ignorance which would be hard to excuse in the case of Judy.

Seriously, if you want to identify yourself as a person who argues from ignorance, you certainly did a good job with your 3 % comment.

Not exact matches

You make incorrect assumptions and than argue from a position of ignorance.

Shane, I love the fact that you are trying to argue the ignorance and shortsightedness of the people who do not agree with your views, but how is anyone supposed to take you seriously when you are obviously far from educated.

You would argue from the basis of ignorance rather than what is known.

The way you argue buttresses my point that most fans argue from points of ignorance rather than facts and knowledge.

He has argued that failed banks should not be bailed out, Lehman's collapse was not a disaster, AIG should be declared bankrupt, that naked short selling is not a problem, that backdating isn't so bad, insider trading should be legal, many corporate CEOs are underpaid, global solutions are worse than local solutions, Warren Buffett is overrated, Michael Milken is a great American, the collapse of the hedge fund was not a scandal, hedge funds are over-regulated, education is overrated by the educated, bonuses at successful Wall Street's firms are deserved and possibly undersized, management buyouts are boons to the economy, Enron's management was victimized by an over-zealous prosecution, Sarbanes - Oxley should be repealed, corporate compliance culture is a disaster, shareholder democracy is overrated, hostile takeovers ought to be revived, the market is permanently moving away from public ownership of equity in corporations, private partnerships are on the rise, public ignorance is encouraged and manipulated by governments and corporations, experts overrate expertise, regulatory agencies are controlled by the businesses they supposedly regulate and Wall Street is much more fun than people give it credit for.

I argue from the perspective of the ignorance of experts.

However, what seems to be argued in the original posting is giving credence, or even serious consideration, to an argument from ignorance, is always wrong.

To argue that this is good for us or — at least — not harmful seems to me to be an argument from ignorance.