Chronological Snobbery - Pattern

Pattern

The form of the chronological snobbery fallacy can be expressed as follows:

  1. It is argued that A.
  2. A is an old argument, dating back to the times when people also believed B.
  3. B is clearly false.
  4. Therefore, A is false.

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