Statements, beliefs, logical entailments, or intentions falsely attributed to someone—especially during debates or arguments—that were never actually expressed. Phantom information is almost always unintentional, stemming from the person's ignorance and inability to fully comprehend an argument or a stance.
Debater A: “You like cats better than dogs, therefore it would logically follow that you hate dogs!"
Debater B: “I never said that. You've hallucinated phantom information.”
Debater B: “I never said that. You've hallucinated phantom information.”
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When an individual is answering a question, and provides numerous additional pieces of information that are completely irrelevant to the answer you are asking for. Typically you will need to ask this dumb fool the question again, in a simpler fashion, to get a clear answer.
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“Well, I just have to do some laundry. Then I’ll go to the grocery store...I ran out of toilet paper...” Etc.
A Useless Exchange Of Information has just taken place.
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A Useless Exchange Of Information has just taken place.
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