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These are statistics quoted to support an unstated but easily assumed conclusion instead of a search for truth.

Very few people actually care about finding optimums and cause and effect relationships. Publishing compelling results or results that support emotionally derived positions isn't helpful.

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I agree. To me it looks like an appeal to emotions.

I think I've seen too many of these. My brain starts to say "Are they trying to manipulate me?"

You are literally pretending you know the motivation of the writer, and responding to it instead of engaging with the content.

Mind reading + ad hominem

You should probably not criticize the quality of other people's critical thinking.

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