The “god of the gaps” fallacy is typically charged as an argument from ignorance. The idea is somebody, when encountering mystery, posits an unevidenced, superstitious, or corresponding (but not necessarily causal) explanation — and in claiming that because it has not been disproven, it must be true. Obviously, this is faulty reasoning.
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What Is (and Isn't) God of the Gaps
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The “god of the gaps” fallacy is typically charged as an argument from ignorance. The idea is somebody, when encountering mystery, posits an unevidenced, superstitious, or corresponding (but not necessarily causal) explanation — and in claiming that because it has not been disproven, it must be true. Obviously, this is faulty reasoning.