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Propaganda Debunking

Bolo Boffin

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7. A great example of the anthrocentric fallacy

Reply to RitchieRich (Original post)

Tue Jul 17, 2012, 02:28 AM

Jul 2012

Almost every time travel movie/story ever made.

Rare exceptions include "The City At The Edge of Forever" or "Doctor Who." But "Back to the Future" falls smack down into it. The Delorean always moves from one spot on Earth in one timeline to that exact same spot in the next. However, the Earth is moving through space as well as time. If the Delorean moved to the same exact spot in the universe, the Earth would be billions of miles away in the new timeline. But we accept this absurdity on its face because of the anthrocentric fallacy.

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Logical Fallacy [View all] RitchieRich Jun 2012 OP

I've noticed a lot of animosity between DU members RitchieRich Jun 2012 #1

Thank you for this post Neoplebe Jun 2012 #2

Thank you for reading it! RitchieRich Jun 2012 #5

Fuck that... MrMickeysMom Jul 2012 #6

Excellent, if it's right-wingers you're arguing with WriteWrong Jun 2012 #3

I treat everywhere here as the right place to ask questions. :) RitchieRich Jun 2012 #4

A great example of the anthrocentric fallacy Bolo Boffin Jul 2012 #7