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Trickery Based On Scale

Trickery Based On Scale

This is really not a logical fallacy, it is a technique of misdirection that is based on the average person’s poor concept of large numbers. A perfect example comes from the infamous John Locke Foundation in North Carolina, a think tank (pronounced “propaganda propagator”) almost entirely funded by ultraconservative libertarian Art Pope.  Pope also funds […]