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# Appeal to Ignorance
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An appeal to ignorance is typically defined as affirming that a proposition is true merely because it has not been shown to be false. This is common in domains of science wherein evidence for a particular research question is scant, and the gaps in knowledge can be filled with poor reasoning.
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>**Example:** "It's never been shown that blueberries don't cure cancer, so we're safe in assuming that blueberries do cure cancer!"
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# Hashtags
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#fallacies
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#appeal_to_ignorance
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#hyperblog
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