Examples of AS (Artificial Stupidity)

[Bernardo de La Paz]

27. Again, closing does not mean sealing or require sealing or locking.

Likewise a closed car door is rain-resistant but not air-tight or sealed.

An anus can close to hold a solid stool, but not necessarily watery diarrhea. But we can still "close" it even though it is not sealed.

Binary all-or-nothing thinking is very pervasive. It is the basis of all -isms, especially those with purity tests. It is at the core of the No True Scotsman fallacy.

Person A: "No Scotsman puts sugar on his porridge."
Person B: "But my uncle Angus is a Scotsman and he puts sugar on his porridge."
Person A: "But no true Scotsman puts sugar on his porridge."

C: A door can be closed.
D: But a closed door can let floodwater in underneath. It's not really closed.
C: Yes, it is closed. Really. It's just not sealed.

E: You are either pregnant or not. There is no in-between.
F: You can be a little bit pregnant (just starting to show a bump) or very pregnant (massive round belly). You can be pregnant with an implanted fertilized egg cell, with an embryo, with a fetus, in the middle of the middle trimester, etc. All are "pregnant" but to varying degrees. A woman can be pregnant and not showing anything for a long time.