An Erroraticus Insanus is a category of argument so fundamentally flawed that it transcends ordinary logical fallacies and enters the realm of sheer intellectual chaos. It is marked by:
Blatant self-contradiction
Complete detachment from reality
Astonishing overconfidence despite its incoherence
Blatant self-contradiction
Complete detachment from reality
Astonishing overconfidence despite its incoherence
His theory that taxes are actually invisible dragons hoarding our money isn’t just wrong—it’s a full-blown Erroraticus Insanus. Arguing with it would be like wrestling a hallucination.
by sarlinger June 18, 2025
An Erroraticus Insanus is a category of argument so fundamentally flawed that it transcends ordinary logical fallacies and enters the realm of sheer intellectual chaos. It is marked by:
Blatant self-contradiction
Complete detachment from reality
Astonishing overconfidence despite its incoherence
Blatant self-contradiction
Complete detachment from reality
Astonishing overconfidence despite its incoherence
His theory that taxes are actually invisible dragons hoarding our money isn’t just wrong—it’s a full-blown Erroraticus Insanus. Arguing with it would be like wrestling a hallucination.
by sarlinger June 18, 2025
An Erroraticus Insanus is a category of argument so fundamentally flawed that it transcends ordinary logical fallacies and enters the realm of sheer intellectual chaos. It is marked by:
Blatant self-contradiction
Complete detachment from reality
Astonishing overconfidence despite its incoherence
Blatant self-contradiction
Complete detachment from reality
Astonishing overconfidence despite its incoherence
His theory that taxes are actually invisible dragons hoarding our money isn’t just wrong—it’s a full-blown Erroraticus Insanus. Arguing with it would be like wrestling a hallucination
by sarlinger June 18, 2025
The doctrine (-ism) pertaining to (*-al*) faith (fiducia) that is inherently heretical (haeresis). This directly encodes the core conflict: the belief is faith, and that very belief is heresy.
The reformer’s radical insistence that salvation required no sacraments, no works, and no institutional mediation was swiftly condemned as haeresiofiducialism—a dangerous doctrine that reduced religion to bare belief, undermining centuries of orthodox tradition
by sarlinger June 20, 2025