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Paul Sauvé

Martin Nguyen

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Not a nice one or two word phrase like the other experts:<br />
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Avoiding the topic at hand.<br />
Changing the subject.
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Not a nice one or two word phrase like the other experts:

Avoiding the topic at hand.
Changing the subject.

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Joe, what word did you mean to write with &quot;Divagation&quot;?
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Joe, what word did you mean to write with "Divagation"?

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what word did you mean to write with &quot;Divagation&quot;?
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That's the word I meant to write:<br />
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<a href="https://filedb.experts-exchange.com/incoming/2019/10_w43/1435162/divagation.png" target="_blank" title="divagation (13 KB)"><img alt="divagation" class="file-block lazyload" style="max-width: 338px;" data-src="https://filedb.experts-exchange.com/incoming/2019/10_w43/1435162/divagation.png" /></a><br />
Regards, Joe
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> what word did you mean to write with "Divagation"?

That's the word I meant to write:

divagationhttps://filedb.experts-exchange.com/incoming/2019/10_w43/1435162/divagation.png
Regards, Joe

divagation.png

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I've seen a Red Herring argument called a &quot;Distraction&quot;. I thought that was good.<br />
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Are there any other ways to describe this fallacy that communicate the tactic at hand - sort of lay it out to the OTHER person?
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I've seen a Red Herring argument called a "Distraction". I thought that was good.

Are there any other ways to describe this fallacy that communicate the tactic at hand - sort of lay it out to the OTHER person?

Better Name for Common Fallacy

Philosophy and religion can be defined as the study of and practices related to the fundamental nature and significance of beliefs commonly held by groups of people that may transcend geographic, racial, ethnic or other boundaries.

Philosophy / Religion

A miscellany is defined as a "collection of various pieces of writing by different authors", but it has come to mean something "Of items gathered or considered together of various types or from different sources" or "a collection or group composed of members or elements of different kinds". The word "miscellaneous" comes from the Latin word "miscere", meaning "to mix." You might have heard the expression "a mixed bag," which applies when you don't quite know what you're going to get. More commonly, a miscellaneous group is made up of an odd group of things that don't fit anywhere else.