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TIL a “Red Herring” logical fallacy is a point in an argument that misleads or distracts from the issue at hand. E.g. “If the world’s 15 largest cargo ships don’t burn the low grade fuel, someone will.” Doesn’t make the low grade fuel any more reasonable for the ships to burn it.

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