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{ This may have an alternative, more politically correct name, but I think my name is more appropriate. ~drummyfish }
Idiot fallacy is an argument fallacy related to [shortcut thinking](shortcut_thinking.md), by which an idiot implies *B* from *A* on the basis that *A* is associated with *B* in any way, without *A* necessarily implying *B*.
Idiot fallacy is an argument fallacy related to [shortcut thinking](shortcut_thinking.md), by which an idiot implies *B* from *A* on the basis that *A* is associated with *B* in any way, without *A* necessarily implying *B*; e.g. "[racial](race.md) realism always means hate of other races". However do not confuse idiot fallacy with statistical observations (e.g. observing that women are usually bad at [chess](chess.md) while acknowledging that on rare occasions it may not be so) -- idiot fallacy denotes a false belief in logical implication, i.e. that for example hatred of another group of people (e.g. racial) is an inevitable consequence of existence of such groups -- in a way this fallacy is a failure to separate two similar but essentially distinct things and making fatal simplifications such as "cars = driving", "guns = war", "[gay](gay.md) = [LGBT](lgbt.md)" and so on.
Some examples include: