Argument from randU fallacy. Random numbers are not data.
Argument from randU fallacy. Random numbers are not data.
Argument from randU fallacy.Trump's approval rating by state as of mid-May 2026
Trump's approval rating remains a net negative in polling from several aggregators, with the cost of living, gas prices, and the Iran war at the forefront of the overall dissatisfaction.
Overall, President Trump's approval numbers still fluctuate between 38% and 40% disapproval across polls, mirroring the state-level numbers: one state is still below 20%, with a only few near 55%.
Denial of logic."Argument from RandU fallacy" (or "randU fallacy") is not a standard or recognized logical fallacy in formal logic, philosophy, rhetoric, debate theory, statistics, or any academic catalog of fallacies.
Buzzword fallacies (internet encyclopedia of philosophy, fallacy website, debate handbook).You won't find it in lists from sources like the Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy, fallacy websites, textbooks, or debate handbooks.
News polls are just random numbers, Zombie. They are completely meaningless....deleted AI slop...
Denial of logic.
Buzzword fallacies (standard logic, recognized, formal logic, debate theory, academic catalog of fallacies).
Redefinition fallacies (philosophy<->logic, rhetoric<->logic, statistical mathematics<->logic).
Denial of random number mathematics.
The Argument from randU fallacy occurs when someone uses or quotes numbers made up in someone's head or by using an algorithm made up in someone's head.
Buzzword fallacies (internet encyclopedia of philosophy, fallacy website, debate handbook).
Omniscience fallacy. You don't get to quote every book. Argument of ignorance fallacy.
News polls are just random numbers, Zombie. They are completely meaningless.
Buzzword fallacies (recognized catalog of logical fallacies, debate theory).Nothing in this response changes the core facts stated earlier:
- There is still no entry for "Argument from randU fallacy" (or "randU fallacy") in any recognized catalog of logical fallacies, philosophy, statistics, or debate theory.
- The only places it appears are forum posts by Into the Night.
- The name itself remains a private pun on the old IBM RANDU pseudorandom number generator (a famously flawed 1960s algorithm that produced visible patterns instead of true randomness). Into the Nigh has repurposed "randU" to mean "random + unknown" = any number you don't like.
No, it's a randU. Attempting to use a randU as 'data' is a fallacy.Calling polls "randU" because "the questions are unknown, the sample mass is unknown" is a rhetorical move.
Attempt to justify randU. Pivot fallacy to void. Buzzword fallacies (professional pollsters, weighting methodology, margin of error, sampling frame). Denial of statistical mathematics. Denial of random number mathematics. Go learn what 'margin of error' means and how to calculate it.Professional pollsters publish their exact questionnaire, sampling frame, weighting methodology, and margin of error. You can critique those methods (and people do, legitimately), but labeling the entire output "numbers made up in someone's head" is simply a way to wave away inconvenient data without engaging it.In short
Buzzword fallacies (standard logic). Redefinition fallacies (philosophy<->logic, rhetoric<->logic, statistical mathematics<->logic).It is still not a recognized fallacy in standard logic, philosophy, rhetoric, or statistics.
Inversion fallacy.Into the Night's reply is nonsensical.
Denial of logic. Buzzword fallacies (escape, small forum ecosystem). Denial of statistical mathematics.His illogic has never escaped the small forum ecosystem where he invented it, and is still the only known purveyor of it..
Buzzword fallacies (debating shorthand, universal dismiss button).It's a home-grown debating shorthand that functions as a universal dismiss button for any statistic he dislikes.
Buzzword fallacies (recognized catalog of logical fallacies, debate theory).
Redefinition fallacies (philosophy<->logic, statistical mathematics<->logic).
Repetition fallacy. Argument of the Stone fallacy.
Denial of random number mathematics.
No, it's a randU. Attempting to use a randU as 'data' is a fallacy.
Attempt to justify randU. Pivot fallacy to void. Buzzword fallacies (professional pollsters, weighting methodology, margin of error, sampling frame). Denial of statistical mathematics. Denial of random number mathematics. Go learn what 'margin of error' means and how to calculate it.
Random numbers are not 'data'.
Buzzword fallacies (standard logic). Redefinition fallacies (philosophy<->logic, rhetoric<->logic, statistical mathematics<->logic).
Inversion fallacy.
Denial of logic. Buzzword fallacies (escape, small forum ecosystem). Denial of statistical mathematics.
Buzzword fallacies (debating shorthand, universal dismiss button).
Redefinition fallacies (statistical mathematics<->logic, human emotion<->statistical mathematics).
You can't justify any data that way, Zombie. Random numbers are not data.
Inversion fallacy.This is your same template, now on autopilot:
Denial of logic. You can't blame your fallacies on anybody else, Zombie.
- Gish gallop of fallacy labels (20+ in one post): “Buzzword fallacies”, “Redefinition fallacies”, “Repetition fallacy”, “Argument of the Stone fallacy”, “Inversion fallacy”, “Pivot fallacy to void”, “Denial of logic”, “Denial of random number mathematics”, etc. Many of these are either his own inventions or wildly stretched versions of real fallacies.
Denial of random number mathematics.
- Re-assertion of the private definition: Any number whose full methodology he hasn’t personally verified right now = “randU” = “numbers made up in someone’s head” = “random numbers” that “are not data”.
Random numbers are not data. It is YOU that denies statistical mathematics and random number mathematics.
- Blanket dismissal of all statistics:
Denial of statistical mathematics.
- Professional pollsters, BLS, margin of error, sampling frame, weighting — all waved away as “buzzword fallacies”. He demands you “go learn what ‘margin of error’ means” while simultaneously refusing to accept the standard statistical definition.
You can't blame your repetition on me or anybody else, Zombie.
- Self-referential irony:
Denial of logic. Buzzwords aren't 'logical terms'. Buzzword fallacy. Logic isn't 'terms'.
- Calls standard logic terms “buzzword fallacies” while inventing new ones on the fly.
Mathematics is not a publication.
- Claims “Denial of statistical mathematics” while denying that published, peer-reviewed, replicable statistical methods produce data.
I don't claim made up numbers like you do.Even inside this forum itself, other posters have started calling you out in real time. In the same inflation thread you can see people noting the pattern: endless fallacy-labeling as a substitute for engaging the actual numbers or methodology.
Inversion fallacy. Buzzword fallacies (cosplay, universal dismissal).Your reply isn’t an argument — it’s a universal dismissal dressed up in fallacy cosplay.
Random numbers are not data, Zombie. You can't make them data.Every time someone cites a number you doesn’t like, out comes the randU stamp.
Buzzword fallacies (actual textbook, academic discussion).That’s why the term has stayed confined to this tiny corner of the internet and never escaped into actual textbooks, encyclopedias, or academic discussion.
Inversion fallacy.Nothing in your post changes that assessment. It just confirms the pattern.
Inversion fallacy.
Denial of logic. You can't blame your fallacies on anybody else, Zombie.
Denial of random number mathematics.
Random numbers are not data. It is YOU that denies statistical mathematics and random number mathematics.
Denial of statistical mathematics.
Attempt to justify buzzwords.
You can't blame your repetition on me or anybody else, Zombie.
Denial of logic. Buzzwords aren't 'logical terms'. Buzzword fallacy. Logic isn't 'terms'.
Mathematics is not a publication.
Mathematics does not use consensus. There is no voting bloc in mathematics.
Statistical mathematics does not produce data. Denial of statistical mathematics.
I don't claim made up numbers like you do.
You can't blame your fallacies on anybody else, Zombie.
Buzzword fallacy (actual numbers, methodology).
Denial of logic.
Denial of statistical mathematics.
Denial of random number mathematics.
Inversion fallacy. Buzzword fallacies (cosplay, universal dismissal).
Random numbers are not data, Zombie. You can't make them data.
Buzzword fallacies (actual textbook, academic discussion).
Void argument fallacy. Denial of random number mathematics.
Inversion fallacy.
Whining gets you nowhere, Zombie.
Inversion fallacy.Ad nauseum.
No new reasoning,
Random numbers are not data. Denial of statistical mathematics.no engagement with actual polling methodology.
Inversion fallacy.Pure repetition.
Argument of the Stone fallacy. Denial of logic.Nothing has changed, and the term remains exactly what I described: an imaginary construct that exists only in this tiny ecosystem, and is only cited by Into the Night.
Inversion fallacy.
Random numbers are not data. Denial of statistical mathematics.
Inversion fallacy.
Argument of the Stone fallacy. Denial of logic.
Identifying with the democrat party as "we" is plain insanity. These people have no ideas other than orange man bad and every time they do come up with an idea it's a massive boondoggle fail.Nope, approval = power. While he is this unpopular many of his initiatives are stalled, and if we win the House in November, he will be castrated.