Slothful Induction

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Contents 1 Synonyms 2 Explanation 3 Category 4 Subfallacies 5 Twin Fallacy 6 External Links 7 Examples in creationist arguments

Synonyms

• Gravity Game

Explanation

You commit this fallacy if you demand an unfairly high amount of evidence before accepting an idea.

Category

• Perfectionist Fallacy

Subfallacies

• Moving Goalpost Syndrome

Twin Fallacy

• Hasty Generalization

External Links

• Stephen Downes [1]
• Objectivism [2]

Examples in creationist arguments

• Evolution hasn't been proved
• Interpreting evidence is not the same as observation
• Scientific findings are always changing
• Were you there?
• Evolutionists haven't met Hovind's challenge to prove evolution
• Gluons don't exist since no one has seen them, so it must be God who holds the nucleus together
• Radiometric dating falsely assumes rates are constant