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Recursive Strawman

A strawman by which you incorrectly characterise your opponent's argument as a strawman.

A: Trump has repeatedly demonstrated racially insensitive behavior

B: "Everyone I disagree with is Hitler."

A: That is a recursive strawman.

by ovusar December 8, 2020


Recursive Dunning-Kruger Effect

When someone is aware of the Dunning-Kruger Effect as a concept, and incorrectly presumes this awareness of the concept means he is not subject to it.

Flat-earther: Why are people so convinced the earth is round?
Another flat-earther: Because idiots have a tendency to think they're smarter than they are. In reality, they are sheep!

Person not divorced from empirical reality: You suffer from the Recursive Dunning-Kruger Effect.

by ovusar December 8, 2020

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