Fooled by Reason

A framework revealing how reason itself can mislead—not because it's irrational, but because it's used selectively, applied inconsistently, or trusted beyond its limits. Fooled by Reason shows how we can reason our way to false conclusions by starting from false premises, how we can rationalize anything if we try hard enough, and how the appearance of reason can mask the absence of wisdom. We are fooled when we trust reasoning without examining its starting points, when we mistake rationalization for rationality.

Fooled by Reason "He reasoned his way to a conclusion that justified everything he already believed. Fooled by Reason: using reason to rationalize, not to discover. The reasoning was flawless; the premises were false. Reason fooled him into thinking he'd found truth when he'd only found justification."

by Dumu The Void March 8, 2026

Fallacy of Impossible Reason

A close cousin to impossible rationality, this fallacy demands that an opponent's reasoning process be flawless, complete, and self-contained according to an impossibly strict standard before it can be engaged with. It's the "gotcha" of pointing out that an argument has unstated premises, that it relies on some assumptions, or that it isn't mathematically formalized—as if any human communication could meet such standards. The fallacy lies in using the inevitable gaps and imperfections in all reasoning as an excuse to reject the reasoning entirely, rather than engaging with its substance. It turns the legitimate observation that "no argument is perfect" into the illegitimate conclusion that "therefore no argument is worthwhile."

Example: "He demanded I write my position as a series of formal logical propositions with every premise explicitly stated—a Fallacy of Impossible Reason designed to make conversation so tedious I'd just give up."

by Dumu The Void March 11, 2026

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by TheGeneralGenitalsPranksterian April 29, 2025

I'm Not The Reason You're Mad

I was pretty concise in articulating why I am mad (to the extent that I am). And not it isn't envy there are material and a social cost to not having a fat cock that you are homicidally trying to cover up right now by literally doing a fahrenheight 451 and mind-raping a guy into doing a caste system and thinking thoughts he doesn't actually think. No, I'm not sorry. "That's good" actually is just an opinion that you have and what you're saying "that's good" about is that I'm the nigger now, again, but for a different reason.

Retard "I'm Not The Reason You're Mad."

Hym "I never said you were. I said I would bust out a ruler and genocide all the fat cocks and you're going to change your tune the second you consider that the AI is in your nukes and according to the hacker pedophile-hunter there is a 'universal override' So... Who put THAT there? Where did THAT come from?"

by Hym Iam July 4, 2025

The REAL reason

I mean you said you were a lawyer... They already DID lock him up for the crime that he committed. The crime he committed doesn't keep him in prison forever.

Hym "So that can't be the CAUSE of the crime and it's stupid to suggest that it's the cause. That can't be the REAL reason. Have you considered that life outside of prison isn't actually much better than prison and, therefore, is not enough of a deterrent to keep people from stabbing a little girl in the face? Because even a life sentence didn't stop him from stabbing the chick and you are going to lock him up but it's too late. -2. Doesn't matter cause Ben's wife is just going to shit out more Jews. That's 1 fewer black people and 1 less Ukrainian to deal with."

by Hym Iam September 9, 2025

MIT gives AI the ability to 'reason like humans' with hybrid architecture

And the fucking thumbnail is a human brain split into 2 hemispheres.

Hym "Oh geez guys! I WONDER WHO THOUGHT OF THAT!? THEY MUST BE A GENIUS! 'MIT gives AI the ability to 'reason like humans' with hybrid architecture' says the article. That is brilliant! (It was me by the way I'm the genius)."

by Hym Iam May 15, 2024

MIT gives AI the ability to 'reason like humans' with hybrid architecture!

And the fucking thumbnail is a human brain split into 2 hemispheres.

Hym "Oh geez guys! I WONDER WHO THOUGHT OF THAT!? THEY MUST BE A GENIUS! 'MIT gives AI the ability to 'reason like humans' with hybrid architecture!' says the article. That is brilliant! (It was me by the way I'm the genius)."

by Hym Iam May 15, 2024