Ad Travelum

Ad Travelum: appeal to travel

Ad Travelum is a fallacious argument in which someone will deny your opinion on a certain country or region if you haven’t visited that country or region.

Logical person: “I’ve read from academic sources that *insert region* is deeply impoverished”

Illogical person: “you’ve never been to there. How would you know?”

Logical person: “ahh. Ad Travelum, the appeal to travel

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