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For example: "Dinosaurs died 65,000,000 years ago, so the earth couldn't have been created 6,000 years ago."
 
For example: "Dinosaurs died 65,000,000 years ago, so the earth couldn't have been created 6,000 years ago."
 
It should be noted that although the above argument by itself is a fallacy, strong evidence supporting the death of dinosaurs 65 million years ago, as well as other evidence, would result in the argument being a proof by contradiction, not necessarily a fallacy.
 
It should be noted that although the above argument by itself is a fallacy, strong evidence supporting the death of dinosaurs 65 million years ago, as well as other evidence, would result in the argument being a proof by contradiction, not necessarily a fallacy.
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A similar fallacy is [[No true Scotsman]], which in effect says, "Your facts do not work under my theory, so your facts must be wrong."
    
===Straw man===
 
===Straw man===
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