The idea that pace of discovery slowed down is an extremely common and really obvious fallacy.
The idea can’t be a fallacy. What you mean is that the usual argument for this idea contains an obvious fallacy.
It is an important distinction because reversed stupidity is not intelligence. Identifying the fallacy doesn’t prove that the pace of discovery has not slowed.
The idea can’t be a fallacy. What you mean is that the usual argument for this idea contains an obvious fallacy.
It is an important distinction because reversed stupidity is not intelligence. Identifying the fallacy doesn’t prove that the pace of discovery has not slowed.