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'''Fog displacement''' is an intellectual operation violating the principle of [[Explanation in science|scientific explanation]]. A typical example is [[Francis Crick]]’s suggestion that life did not originate on earth at all, but was sent here from outer space.<ref name="DeniableDarwin">{{cite book
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|author=David Berlinski
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|title=The Deniable Darwin
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|publisher=Discovery Institute Press
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|location=Seattle, USA
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|year=2009
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|pages=162
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|chapter=The End of Materialist Science
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|isbn=978-0-9790141-2-3
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|url=http://www.davidberlinski.org/deniable-darwin/about.php
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|quote=It is this image that, no doubt, accounted for Francis Crick’s suggestion that life did not originate on earth at all, but was sent here from outer space, a wonderful example of an intellectual operation known as fog displacement.}}</ref>
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Answer, a fortiori in scientific discourse, should be formulated in a way that avoids dodging the question<ref>{{Cite book |title=Jesus unser Schicksal (Jesus our destiny)|author=Wilhelm Busch |publisher= Aussaat|year=2006 (Special Edition) |pages=25 |isbn=3-7615-5494-X|url=http://de.dwg-radio.net/downloads/Books/JesusnserSchicksal.pdf |quote=Verstehen sie: Die eigentliche Frage war damit nicht beantwortet. Sie war lediglich zurückgeshoben. Da habe ich ihnen gesagt: «Liebe Leute, Sie dürfte nicht solche Antworte geben, womit die Frage nur zurückgestellt, zurückgeshoben wird!» |language=German }}</ref> otherwise breaking this rule can be classified as [[Psychological manipulation|manipulation]].       
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== See Also ==
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*[[Logic of possibility]]
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== References ==
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{{Reflist}}
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[[category:Logical Fallacies]]
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[[Category:Methodology of Science]]
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[[Category:Pseudoscience]]
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[[Category:Rhetoric]]
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