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The '''no limits fallacy''' is the [[Logical fallacy|illogical idea]] that a poorly understood phenomena can be extrapolated to infinity or assumed to not have any maximum value or threshold.  For a gross example, observing that a [[shield]] can easily withstand an attack from a particular weapon, one might illogically conclude that the shield could withstand fire from an unlimited number of those weapons at the same time, or that it could withstand fire from a similar weapon that was much more powerful.
The '''no limits fallacy''' is the [[Logical fallacy|illogical idea]] that a poorly understood phenomenon can be extrapolated to infinity or assumed to not have any maximum value or threshold.  For a gross example, observing that a [[shield]] can easily withstand an attack from a particular weapon, one might illogically conclude that the shield could withstand fire from an unlimited number of those weapons at the same time, or that it could withstand fire from a similar weapon that was much more powerful.


== Examples ==
== Examples ==

Revision as of 12:18, 9 March 2011

The no limits fallacy is the illogical idea that a poorly understood phenomenon can be extrapolated to infinity or assumed to not have any maximum value or threshold. For a gross example, observing that a shield can easily withstand an attack from a particular weapon, one might illogically conclude that the shield could withstand fire from an unlimited number of those weapons at the same time, or that it could withstand fire from a similar weapon that was much more powerful.

Examples