Discussion Argument from personal incredulity

[MonkeyInaT34]

Argument from incredulity/Divine fallacy is a fallacy in informal logic where someone concludes a claim or statement is false because it contradicts their own personal experiences and beliefs, or is difficult to imagine.

Arguments from incredulity can take the form:

1) I cannot imagine how P could be true; therefore P must be false.
2)I cannot imagine how P could be false; therefore P must be true.

It also takes another form, and what I believe is one of the most common:
3) It has not happened to me; therefore, it cannot happen to you

Arguments from incredulity can sometimes arise from inappropriate emotional involvement, the conflation of fantasy and reality, a lack of understanding, or an instinctive 'gut' reaction, especially where time is scarce.

From my understanding, it stems from the inability to think consciously, logically, or realistically.


I decided to make a short thread about this because I haven't seen anyone mention it yet, this is arguably one of the most common fallacies.

I do not have the energy to expand this thread further, if someone else is willing to do it feel free to do so. My source is Wikipedia.

 

[So Sinister]

I think this explains why “Just be confident/funny” is so common, advice like it are actually true it’s just that it applies at 5’11+ and 6/10, where you can softmax into a 7’5-8/10
A Lot of people cannot imagine how brutal life is as an incel

 

[MonkeyInaT34]

I think this explains why “Just be confident/funny” is so common, advice like it are actually true it’s just that it applies at 5’11+ and 6/10, where you can softmax into a 7’5-8/10
A Lot of people cannot imagine how brutal life is as an incel

They cannot, our experiences are an alien concept to them, telling them to imagine being in our shoes is like telling someone to imagine a 4D shape spinning around.

And it's not because our experiences are hard to imagine, it's because they're egocentric and lack the mental capacity and intelligence to realize that there lies experiences beyond what they believe is the norm.