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The '''all or nothing''' [[fallacy]] assumes that things must be completely one way or another. | The '''all or nothing''' [[fallacy]] assumes that things must be completely one way or another. | ||
| − | * ... it is part of the most primitive of human responses: The Fight or Flight Response. When faced with a life-threatening situation, we must make a snap decision and act on it. There is no time for 'maybe this', or 'maybe that'. Either decision will create an emotional reaction to allow us to fight or flee to the maximum of our ability. [http://www.clinical-depression.co.uk/Understanding_Depression/all_nothing.htm] | + | * ... it is part of the most primitive of human responses: The Fight or Flight Response. When faced with a life-threatening situation, we must make a snap decision and act on it. There is no time for 'maybe this', or 'maybe that'. Either decision will create an emotional reaction to allow us to fight or flee to the maximum of our ability. <ref>[http://www.clinical-depression.co.uk/Understanding_Depression/all_nothing.htm Depression:Understand it, Treat it, Beat it]</ref> |
Academics call it the "bifurcation fallacy".<ref>http://commfaculty.fullerton.edu/rgass/fallacy3211.htm</ref> | Academics call it the "bifurcation fallacy".<ref>http://commfaculty.fullerton.edu/rgass/fallacy3211.htm</ref> | ||
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See also False Dilemma
The all or nothing fallacy assumes that things must be completely one way or another.
- ... it is part of the most primitive of human responses: The Fight or Flight Response. When faced with a life-threatening situation, we must make a snap decision and act on it. There is no time for 'maybe this', or 'maybe that'. Either decision will create an emotional reaction to allow us to fight or flee to the maximum of our ability. [1]
Academics call it the "bifurcation fallacy".[2]
