logical-flaws

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logical flaws

This page is for documenting logical flaws that the microformats community has in particular encountered on microformats mailing-lists. This is not intended to be a comprehensive documentation of all possible logical flaws - there are other resources on the Web for that.

Author: Tantek

Absence of a negative is not proof

Statements of the form:

"I can see no good reason why ABC should stop XYZ"

... do not provide justification for XYZ.

Absence of objections is not approval

Statements of the form:

"I have heard no objections, therefore everyone must approve."

are false.

Absence of input/objections means no one else cares, it means something is not relevant enough to bother with. Thus absence of input/objections is actually a far harsher criticism than any specific objection. Thus topics which fail to raise input or objections can be considered a very low priority for the community.

Related

Here are a few general pages on logical flaws which you may find of some utility, no guarantee is provided as to their fitness/consistency. Evaluate them critically before using/referencing.