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"may I ask: why the fact check?"

I will assume that your question "may I ask: why the fact check?" is sincere.

My answer:

Because fact checking can expose confirmation bias.

It was a simple way to expose confirmation bias, a logical fallacy. I have found that it is hard to argue with people who are loose with facts.

In my experience, when people (knowingly or unknowingly) use logical fallacies in argument, they will continue to do so, often introducing red herring fallacies [a very common logical fallacy, an attempt to (cleverly or not, purposely or not) reframe the argument, which can lead one down a seemingly bottomless rabbit hole which distracts from the original argument or topic under discussion]. In other words, it becomes a big time waster (at least for me), a seemingly never-ending spiral descending further down the rabbit hole. YMMV
"All thoughts are prey to some beast" - Bill Callahan

"I'll be your mirror
Reflect what you are" - Lou Reed

"Blind belief in authority is the greatest enemy of truth." - Albert Einstein


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  • "may I ask: why the fact check?" - Krav Maga 05/30/2015:54:19 05/30/20 (4)
    • lol - uncle mag 16:29:37 05/30/20 (3)
      • RE: lol - Krav Maga 16:38:02 05/30/20 (2)
        • RE: lol - rivervalley817 17:09:20 05/30/20 (1)
          • RE: lol - Krav Maga 17:26:33 05/30/20 (0)

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