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Inverse
Is there an inverse fallacy to Argumentum ad populam (for example, someone claims that 'everyone else believes x, therefore y must be true', I'm thinking along the lines of conspiracy theorists or people who don't trust common consensus)? -albrozdude (talk) 19:50, 22 November 2007 (UTC)
- yes: Argument from fallacy: assumes that if an argument for some conclusion is fallacious, then the conclusion is false 78.22.129.53 (talk) 22:09, 27 October 2014 (UTC)
- Indeed fallacies only mean the reasoning was false, meaning that the belief itself isn't justified. But then people have a stronger aptitude to follow a majority or statement from an authority. --105.4.189.71 (talk) 14:13, 14 September 2017 (UTC)