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Saturday, August 11, 2012
Stock Analyst: NuSkin in China is definitely breaking Chinese laws
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Citron Research, a stock research firm, has confirmed that NuSkin, which supposedly only operates as a direct seller in China, is in fact op...
Friday, August 10, 2012
How to deal with intellectually dishonest debaters
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As a MLM skeptic, I often run into people who ardently believe that their "pet scheme" is absolutely legitimate, even when it'...
Thursday, August 9, 2012
The "nitpicking" fallacy
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One of the tactics used by supporters of a suspect scheme is to nitpicking your logic and evidence, find some TINY mistake, then use that as...
Wednesday, August 8, 2012
The "don't you want to be rich" fallacy
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One of the frequent fallacies you encounter in get-rich-quick schemes is known as "appeal to popular fantasy". It is sometimes use...
Tuesday, August 7, 2012
NEWSFLASH: North Carolina Attorney General's Office "has concerns" regarding Zeek Rewards
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Apparently NC AG's office has confirmed that they are soliciting documents from Zeek Rewards and its parent company regarding its busine...
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The "That's just your opinion" fallacy
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Sometimes, when a support of a suspect scheme ran out of logical arguments, they will attempt to characterize your premise as "opinion...
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Sunday, August 5, 2012
The "I know what I am doing" fallacy
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One of the final retorts by a defender of a suspect scheme usually invokes "it's none of your business", argument, which usual...
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